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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
The Alchemist
Nov. 30, 1923
Graphite on paper, mounted on backing sheet.
9 x 7 1/8 inches (229 x 182 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1628
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Original preliminary sketch by Edmund J. Sullivan of an advertisement for Dewar's Whiskey.
Drawing mounted on p. [1] of a folded sheet, 15 1/8 x 22 inches, with another advertising sketch by Sullivan mounted on p. [3] (see 1986.1629).
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Dated at upper right: Dec. 1, 1923; at head, in pencil, "The Alchemist."
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Sketch shows an alchemist, in robe and peaked hat, raising his hands in invocation.
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