Kurt Vonnegut Drawings

nThose who know Kurt Vonnegut as one of America's most beloved and n influential writers will be surprised and delighted to discover that he was also a n gifted graphic artist. This book brings together the finest examples of his funny, n strange, and moving drawings in an inexpensive, beautifully produced gift n volume for every Vonnegut fan. n Kurt Vonnegut's daughter Nanette introduces this volume of his never before n published drawings with an intimate remembrance of her father. Vonnegut always n drew, and many of his novels contain sketches. Breakfast of Champions (1973) n included many felt-tip pen drawings, and he had a show in 1983 of his drawings at n New York's Margo Feiden Gallery, but really got going in the early 1990s when he n became acquainted with the screenprinter Joe Petro III, who became his partner in n making his colorful drawings available as silkscreens. n n With a touch of cubism, mixed with a Paul Klee gift for caricature, a Calder-like ability n to balance color and line, and more than a touch of sixties psychedelic sensibility, n Vonnegut's aesthetic is as idiosyncratic and defiant of tradition as his books. While n writing came to be more onerous in his later years, making art became his joyful n primary activity, and he made drawings up until his death in 2007. This volume, and a n planned touring exhibition of the drawings, will introduce Vonnegut's legion of fans to n an entirely new side of his irrepressible creative personality.n