R. Crumb [Robert Crumb] (illustration). Edward Abbey (quotation). Mark Knudsen (hand-tinted watercolor).

The Monkey Wrench Gang Print/Artwork: “Some tourists stopped to stare at Smith…” [Seldom Seen Smith praying as Hayduke scares tourists away.]

[Salt Lake City, UT]: [Dream Garden Press], [1986]. Print/Artwork. Photostat print (hand-tinted with watercolor) [43cm x 28cm / 17" x 11"]. The back side of this print is glue-stained from previously having glue applied for mounting, thus the paper is also subtly and unevenly toned when viewed from the front. Regardless, the print is still bright and attractive. Neat and small note in ink at the bottom right corner reads "JUNE".

This image can be found in the Crumb illustrated edition of Abbey's novel facing page 142, and in the 1987 Monkey Wrench Gang Calendar at the page facing the month of June.

Abbey's quotation reads: “Some tourists stopped to stare at Smith; one raised a camera. Hayduke, standing guard, put a hand on the pommel of his sheathed knife and glared. They went away.”

Crumb's illustration depicts: [Seldom Seen Smith praying as Hayduke scares tourists away.]. Very Good. Item #70647

Photostat print of Robert Crumb's illustration from the tenth anniversary edition of Edward Abbey's novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang. This copy of this print is a unique artwork in that it is hand-tinted (watercolor) by the Utah artist Mark Knudsen. Knudsen was originally hired by Ken Sanders in 1986 to color the Crumb illustrations to then be used and published in The 1987 Monkey Wrench Gang Calendar (Dream Garden Press).

Purchase of this print comes together with a copy of the vintage 1987 calendar (The 1987 Monkey Wrench Gang Calendar – Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press). The calendar measures approximately 12" x 12" when folded and is in "as new" condition having been retrieved from a shrink-wrapped stash from the publisher.

The illustration by R. Crumb was originally commissioned specially for the tenth anniversary edition of The Monkey Wrench Gang. Published by Dream Garden Press. Copyright Ken Sanders and Dream Garden Press.

The quotation by Edward Abbey is from The Monkey Wrench Gang. Tenth anniversary edition, illustrated by R. Crumb. Published by Dream Garden Press. Copyright Edward Abbey.

Price: $250.00