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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
Un chant lointain d'allegrasse et d'attente
1915
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
11 1/16 x 8 1/4 inches (281 x 209 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2291
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Title from item.
One of a series of drawings to illustrate a French edition of Maurice Maeterlinck's The blue bird (i.e. L'Oiseau bleu); completed by Robertson in 1915, but evidently never published. Cf. Letters from Graham Robertson / edited by Kerrison Preston. London : Hamish Hamilton, 1953, p. 30-34.
Initialed "GR" at lower right.
Inscription:
Caption title reads "Un chant lointain d'allegrasse et d'attente"; drawing accompanied by a sheet of former backing with label inscribed, "The Blue Bird / The Ship of Time".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a group of cloaked and veiled women, with a child clutching a doll seated at lower right and a sailing ship in the background.
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