111. Cormac McCARTHY (American, b. 1933) Self-portrait. Pencil on paper
10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches (275 x 215 mm)
signed, captioned "Them old dreams are only in your head"
Britton, p. 33
McCarthy won the National Book Award in 1992 for All the Pretty Horses and the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for The Road. His 2005 novel No Country for Old Men was adapted into a movie in 2007 and won four Academy Awards.
"Missing meeting Faulkner by a great number of years, I was fortunate to get his true heir to picture himself for me. 'Old dreams', indeed". -- Burt Britton
est. $3000 – $4000