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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
"And Man Became a Living Soul". Verso: Sketches of Sarah Bernhardt
1880s
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches (238 x 159 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2275
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Title from item; date from Ray
Number 3 of a series of 8 drawings done by Robertson sometime during the late 1880s illustrating the Book of Genesis. Cf. Ray.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the naked figure of Adam, standing in the garden of Eden, his arms and eyes raised to heaven, with a group of four angels behind him. On verso: two pencil sketches of Sarah Bernhardt in profile, facing left.
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