R. Crumb [Robert Crumb] (illustration). Edward Abbey (quotation).

The Monkey Wrench Gang Print: “The director was monocular…” [Seldom Seen Smith getting interrogated by The Director.]

[Salt Lake City, UT]: [Dream Garden Press], [1986]. Print. Photostat print [43cm x 28cm / 17" x 11"]. Black and white.

This image can be found in the Crumb illustrated edition of Abbey's novel facing page 224, and in the 1987 Monkey Wrench Gang Calendar at the page facing the month of September.

Abbey's quotation reads: “The director was monocular. The red beam of its unlidded cyclops eye played on the face of Seldom Seen, scanning his brain, his nerves, his soul. Paralyzed by that hypnotic ray, Smith waited helpless as a babe.”

Crumb's illustration depicts: [Seldom Seen Smith getting interrogated by The Director.]. Near Fine. Item #70658

Photostat print of Robert Crumb's illustration from the tenth anniversary edition of Edward Abbey's novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang. This print was produced in 1986 in preparation for, and in conjunction with, the publication of 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: $150.00