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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Two Monks. Verso: Don Quixote Fed Through a Hollow Reed
1920s
Pen, brush and dark brown ink, on paper.
8 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches (227 x 176 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1690
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Preliminary sketch by E.J. Sullivan for a projected illustrated edition of Don Quixote that was never published.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Sketch on recto shows two monks standing together in conversation; sketch on verso shows the innkeeper poring wine into the helmeted Don Quixote's mouth through a hollow reed, while two young women look on.
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