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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Hand Writing the Final Entry in a Celestial Account Book
1912
Pen and black ink and charcoal, on illustration board.
10 7/16 x 7 5/16 inches (265 x 186 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1464
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Original drawing for an illustration for quatrain 53 of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald, trans. London : Methuen & Co., 1913.
Illustration for quatrain beginning: With the Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man's knead, And then of the Last Harvest sow'd the Seed...
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Signed and dated at lower left, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1912"; inscribed in pencil at bottom, "LIII".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a celestial account book surrounded by stars and clouds, wherein a hand is writing with a quill: Written off and account closed.
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