If you were one of the cooler kids at school—or at least trying to appear to be—chances are you mooched around the campus with a copy of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five or maybe Breakfast of Champions hanging not so un-self-consciously out of your bag.
If you’d actually read either of those books, you’d know that as well as Vonnegut’s carefully constructed non-linear, metaphysical prose, reflecting on the human condition, war borne PTSD, and interplanetary space travel, they both contained some of his equally noteworthy drawings.
Indeed, Vonnegut actually ran a pretty prolific art practice alongside his numerous writings, and, as he got older, making art apparently became his primary joyful activity, and he made drawings up until his death in 2007.
Reminiscent of Georges Braque, and Paul Klee, these drawings are whimsical and colorful, with a touch of both Cubism and sixties psychedelic sensibility to them. They include self-portraits, abstractions, faces, objects, and more.
Our new book, Kurt Vonnegut Drawings brings together the finest examples of this work, in 150 original color drawings, most made between the years 1985 and 1987 and gifted to Vonnegut’s daughter Nanette. The book includes a wonderful and personal essay by Nanette, as well as an essay by the late Vonnegut scholar and friend of the writer artist, Peter J. Reed.
Take a closer look at Kurt Vonnegut Drawings.
