MAD original ART

Bill Gaines’ Book of Art & Letters from MAD Trip to Italy (Group of 17 in Binder)

Date

1985

Condition

Excellent

Artist (Company)

Jack Davis, John Ficarra, Lou Silverstone, Duck Edwing, Tom Nozkowski, Paul Coker Jr., David Berg, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffee, Bob Clarke, Harry North, George Woodbridge, Nick Meglin & others

Dimensions

Image areas average 8.5″ x 11″

Country

USA

Location

TBD

Notes

From the collection of Annie Gaines Ashton. Bought from HA. Varied media on bond & art-stock pages. In 1985, Gaines took a group of 25 of his closest staff & friends on a tour of Italy. As was the custom, the survivors produced a piece of personalized art or a letter to commemorate the experience (and give a backhanded loving homage to Bill Gaines) that were collected into a photo album ring-binder. The works were not intended for publication, and thus unthreatened by censorship or considerations of dainty tastes.