The Balked Escape

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Edward Gorey

Title

The Balked Escape

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.

1945–2000

Medium

Pen and black ink, with brush and red wash, over graphite, on brown wove paper

Dimensions

21.1 × 17 cm (8 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Sylvia Sights

Reference Number

2009.991

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