ABA 75
Date1975
Artist
Edward Gorey
(American writer and artist, 1925–2000)
Illustration CitationCover illustration for Publisher's Weekly, May 19, 1975
MediumWatercolor and ink on stiff paper
Dimensionscomposition: 11 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (29.2 × 21.3 cm)
sheet: 13 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (33.5 × 24.8 cm)
sheet: 13 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (33.5 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextEdward Gorey is best known for his designs for his animated introductions to Boston Public Television’s Mystery! series. Those comically-macabre characters, however, are just a small part of his half-century career. In this satiric drawing, a group of aspiring authors petition an airborne editor to accept their humorously-titled books. The "ABA 75" wings refer to the 1975 meeting of the American Booksellers Association Convention, covered by Publisher's Weekly.
