Gahan Wilson, The Worlds Most Miserable Man Gets Bad News, 2013

The world’s most miserable man is served up bad news. Depressed and down on his luck, he receives news of only a brief respite to crawl out of his inky black abyss of misery. The caption reads, " Please understand I can offer you only the fleeting illusion of happiness. In just a few lines, Gahan Wilson captures the essence of living in a state of suffering, a testament to his brilliant technical artistry. Paired with Wilson's gift of draughsmanship is the fact that he is a thinking artist. Gahan Wilson is a conceptual artist, first and foremost, and then a cartoonist. Along with Charles Addams, his deep body of work puts him at the very top of the world's premier thinkers in fine art.
Signed lower left - Published: The New Yorker Magazine, October 14, 2013.
unframed. Sheet 9.75 x 8.5
US$12,000 Plus Shipping