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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Father Time and Death Beside the Tomb of a Lady
1912
Pen and black ink over graphite, on illustration board.
10 7/16 x 7 3/16 inches (265 x 183 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1459
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Original drawing for an illustration for quatrain 22 of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald, trans., London : Methuen & Co., 1913.
Illustration for quatrain beginning: And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new bloom...
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Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1912"; inscribed "XXII" at bottom in pencil; printed label on verso with text of quatrain 22.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a skeleton with long tresses and a winged Father Time standing on either side of a tomb and leaning over a statue or prone figure of a woman.
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