Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Manuscripts Bring Enchantment and Luminous Energy

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one of three legendary literary sisters

using a camera borrowed from a friend

was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves

This monograph renders all of Rembrandt's self-portraits – from his first experimentations at age twenty-two to his final self-portrait painted a year before his death – and stands testament to a life committed to revolutionizing painterly practice both in content and form

Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Manuscripts Bring Enchantment and Luminous EnergyA master of the mysterious, Edward Goreys artworks and writings abound with misadventures, oddities, and oblique humor. His forays into experimental theater follow suit, and to much delight, he designed pin back buttons to accompany them. Now coveted by collectors, these bespoke buttonscreated as souvenirs for the plays, puppet shows, revues, and other entertainments that Gorey wrote, designed, or directedpossess a curiosity factor disproportionate to