PHILIP EVERGOOD I Flattened Myself Against the Wall and She Darted Out Like a Bird.
Gouache on illustration board, circa 1950. 510x380 mm; 20x15 inches. Signed in gouache, lower right recto, and inscribed with the publication information in gouache, verso.
Provenance: ACA Gallery, New York, with the label; Vered Gallery, East Hampton, with the label; private collection, New York.
Published: J. I. Rodale, ed., Old Russian Stories, Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1951, page 129 (illustrated).
The current work was used as an illustration for Nikolai Gogol's short story, A Madman's Diary. Evergood (1901-1973) illustrated an anthology of Gogol's works, Old Russian Stories, published by J. I. Rodale in 1951. The fictional account of the character, Poprishchin's descent into madness was written in 1835.
