Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey | Jonas Ploeger | Kevin McDermott

€ 24.99

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A 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 their small size.Flapping Ankles,Inverted Commas, orTinned Lettuce? Such buttons and the shows they were based on offer send-ups of staid conventions idiosyncratic napkin