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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Potter Punching a Head of Clay
1912
Pen and black ink and charcoal, on illustration board.
10 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches (265 x 189 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1461
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Original drawing for an illustration for quatrain 36 of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald, trans. London : 260 London : Methuen & Co., 1913.
Illustration for quatrain beginning: For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day, I watch'd the Potter thumping his wet Clay...
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower right, "Edmund J. Sullivan. 1912"; inscribed in pencil at top, "XXXVI".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a potter punching a large ball of clay shaped like a human head, as the poet stands in the background and looks on, tugging his beard reflectively.
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