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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
Moi, je n'ai pas pleurer; c'est la faute à ce bleu
1915
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
13 7/8 x 9 15/16 inches (353 x 253 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2292
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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.
Inscription:
Caption title reads "Moi, je n'ai pas pleurer; c'est la faute à ce bleu"; in pencil below, "For the French edition of The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck illustrated by W. Graham Robertson".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Mytyl and Tyltyl surrounded by a group of children dressed in blue.
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