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Now is the Winter of Our Discontent by Edward Gorey — VisualArtsDB

Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

1947

Medium: Pen and blue ink on air mail envelope, with postage stamp
Dimensions: 10.5 × 24.2 cm (4 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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pen and ink drawingsprints and drawing

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