Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Death's Review
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.27
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Vedder, Elihu
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1836 USA-1923 Italy
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Elihu Vedder
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Title:
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(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Death's Review
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Title Type:
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Title
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1883
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Creation Start Date:
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1883
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Creation End Date:
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1883
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Materials and Techniques:
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chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
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Dimensions:
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sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (44.6 x 34.4 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Owner Location:
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Washington, DC, USA
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ID Number:
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1978.108.27
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Credit Line:
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Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
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Inscriptions:
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lower right in chalk and ink: V./1883upper left to center in pencil: 52/And fear notlest Existence closing your/Account, and mine, should know the like no more;/The EternalSaki from that Bowl has pour'd/Millions of Bubbles like us, and will pour./53/When You andI behind the Veil are past,/Oh but the long long while the World shall last,/Which of ourcoming and Departure heeds/As the Seven Seas should heed a pebble cast./54/A Moment's Halt-a momentary taste/Of Being from the Well amid the Waste--./And Lo!--the phantom caravanhas reach'd/The Nothing it set out from--Oh, make haste!mount upper right in pencil:Freddo HO (symbol)
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Copyright:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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SAAM.1978.108.27.tif
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