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David Schorr
Dance of Death
Lithograph on yellow handmade paper.
23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm)
Gift of the estate of David Schorr.
2023.39
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Edition 2 of 18, signed.
Pink text reads: (Beginning in upper left corner): Excerpt from Oscar Wilde's The Harlot's House: THEN SUDDENLY THE TUNE WENT FALSE. THE DANCERS WEARIED OUT OF THE WALTZ. THEN TURNING TO MY LOVE I SAID "THE DEAD ARE DANCING WITH THE DEAD. THE DUST IS WHIRLING WITH THE DUST." BUT HE, HE HEARD A VIOLIN, AND LEFT MY SIDE AND ENTERED IN LOVE PASSED INTO A HOUSE OF LUST." Source: SONGS with a dying fall: works on paper and canvas by David Schorr catalog, Mary Ryan Gallery catalog from 1994.
Pink text reads: (Beginning in upper left corner): Excerpt from Oscar Wilde's The Harlot's House: THEN SUDDENLY THE TUNE WENT FALSE. THE DANCERS WEARIED OUT OF THE WALTZ. THEN TURNING TO MY LOVE I SAID "THE DEAD ARE DANCING WITH THE DEAD. THE DUST IS WHIRLING WITH THE DUST." BUT HE, HE HEARD A VIOLIN, AND LEFT MY SIDE AND ENTERED IN LOVE PASSED INTO A HOUSE OF LUST." Source: SONGS with a dying fall: works on paper and canvas by David Schorr catalog, Mary Ryan Gallery catalog from 1994.
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