[Original Art]: Dust Jacket Art for Larry McMurtry's *The Evening Star*

by MINOR, Wendell. (Larry McMurtry)

$5,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

[No place, 1991. Unbound. Fine. Original art. Acrylic on board, viewable area measuring approximately 9¼" x 13¾", double-matted and nicely glazed and framed to approximately 17¾" x 22¾". (The work measures approximately 12" x 17"). Unexamined out of frame, but appears to be fine. No signature visible. Original artwork for the dust jacket of McMurtry's 1992 novel *The Evening Star*, a sequel to his classic novel *Terms of Endearment*. The vivid evening scene featuring a cityscape, and the "Pigstand Cafe" and gas station, was painted by noted artist and illustrator Wendell Minor. Minor illustrated several dust jackets for McMurtry, including *Terms of Endearment*, *Buffalo Girls*, and *Some Can Whistle*, as well as jackets for Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, James Michener, John Hersey, and Gloria Naylor. *The Evening Star* was made into a film in 1996.

• Year: 1991
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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