Gahan Wilson (American, 1930-2019), Group of (11) Drafts of New Yorker Cartoons

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Gahan Wilson American, 1930-2019 Group of (11) Drafts of New Yorker Cartoons pen, ink and wash on paper signed, to include: "I Hope You Don't Call That a Party Face!" (final version published 5/13/2002); "We Should Never Have Committed Binary Fission!" (final published 2/7/2011); "Feat Not, My Princess--The Summer Will Come Again and the Children Gladly Return With it to Build Us New Castles in the Sand!" (final published 9/23/2002); "I'd Like to Dedicate My Next Song to that Delightful Little Table in the Corner with the Slightly Cockeyed Lamp." (final published 10/22/2001); "I'll Check and See if He's Available." (final published 2/2/2004); [rich man and poor man at Central Park Model Boat Pond] (final published 6/7/2004); "Still, It Would Be a Great Mistake to Abandon Your Work on the Perpetual Motion Machine." (final published 11/12/2001); "We'll Soon Have You Sorted Out, Mr. Fenton." (final published 6/16/2003); "I Think He Wants You to Throw Him the Fence." (final published 11/19/2001); "My Imaginary Friend Doesn't Like You to Talk to Me Like That, Dad." (final published 2/14/2005); and "So Far, So Good!" (final published 5/12/2003). Together with (4) other drafts, to include: "It's Not a Good Sign When Cowboys Start Waving Back to the Cacti!" (draft for color version published in Playboy, June 2004); "So Much for Your Attorneys." (draft for color version possibly published in Playboy); "Okay, Now I'll Be the Ethics Committee and You'll Be Me." (possibly published); and "You Mean You Have Survived the Last Seventeen Years on a Diet of Little Green Lizards?" (published in "Still Weird", unknown if draft or final). Unframed.