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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Man Playing Panpipes. Verso: Man Kneeling Before a Lady on a Balcony
1920s
Pen and ink, on paper.
8 11/16 x 6 7/8 inches (223 x 175 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1691
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Preliminary sketch by E.J. Sullivan for a projected illustrated edition of Don Quixote that was never published.

Inscription: 

At foot on verso: In a courtyard. Lady on balcony.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Sketch on recto shows a man, wearing a hat and cloak and armed with two sheathed knives, playing on panpipes; sketch on verso shows the ragged and bearded figure of a man kneeling before the figure of a woman who looks down upon him from a balcony.

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Sullivan, Edmund J.
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings