{"product_id":"kurt-vonnegut-drawings","title":"Kurt Vonnegut Drawings","description":"Those who know Kurt Vonnegut as one of America''s most beloved and\u003cbr\u003e influential writers will be surprised and delighted to discover that he was also a\u003cbr\u003e gifted graphic artist. This book brings together the finest examples of his funny,\u003cbr\u003e strange, and moving drawings in an inexpensive, beautifully produced gift\u003cbr\u003e volume for every Vonnegut fan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kurt Vonnegut''s daughter Nanette introduces this volume of his never before\u003cbr\u003e published drawings with an intimate remembrance of her father. Vonnegut always\u003cbr\u003e drew, and many of his novels contain sketches. \u003ci\u003eBreakfast of Champions\u003c\/i\u003e (1973)\u003cbr\u003e included many felt-tip pen drawings, and he had a show in 1983 of his drawings at\u003cbr\u003e New York''s Margo Feiden Gallery, but really got going in the early 1990s when he\u003cbr\u003e became acquainted with the screenprinter Joe Petro III, who became his partner in\u003cbr\u003e making his colorful drawings available as silkscreens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With a touch of cubism, mixed with a Paul Klee gift for caricature, a Calder-like ability\u003cbr\u003e to balance color and line, and more than a touch of sixties psychedelic sensibility,\u003cbr\u003e Vonnegut''s aesthetic is as idiosyncratic and defiant of tradition as his books. While\u003cbr\u003e writing came to be more onerous in his later years, making art became his joyful\u003cbr\u003e primary activity, and he made drawings up until his death in 2007. This volume, and a\u003cbr\u003e planned touring exhibition of the drawings, will introduce Vonnegut''s legion of fans to\u003cbr\u003e an entirely new side of his irrepressible creative personality.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484217188725,"sku":"9781580933773","price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781580933773.jpg?v=1786266264","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/kurt-vonnegut-drawings","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}