Memento Mori

Prints and Drawings

1948

Edward Gorey
American, 1925-2000

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Edward Gorey
Title: Memento Mori
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1948
Medium: Pen and black ink on an envelope, with postage stamp
Dimensions: 9.3 × 16.6 cm (3 11/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Sylvia Sights
Reference Number: 2009.979

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