The centenary of Edward Gorey is being celebrated with a wonderful exhibition at the Society of Illustrators. "Something Else Entirely: The Illustration Art of Edward Gorey" opened on October 4 and will run through January 3.
The show's first featured event was held last night. I was in attendance for "Fine Lines of Influence: The Very Fine Clock." It was a conversation between illustrator Lisa Brown and her husband, writer Daniel Handler about how Gorey influenced them and their work.
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| Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler |
The official opening reception will be held tonight. The following photographs should serve as a preview of some of what awaits at the Society of Illustrators.
Gorey's illustrations are very finely detailed, best observed in person and up close.
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| The New Yorker A cover submission rejected by the magazine in 1992 but published posthumously in 2018 |
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| The New Yorker A rejected cover from 1992 that was later published inside the magazine, posthumously, in 2000 |
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| The Doom of the Haunted Opera by John Bellairs |
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| The Very Fine Clock by Muriel Spark Four original illustrations |
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| Bantam Books's 1995 Summer Reading Campaign |
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| Cover art for Dead Ends: An Irreverent Field Guide to the Graves of the Famous by David Cross and Robert Bent, 1991 |
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