Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Fates Gathering in the Stars
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.37
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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) The Fates Gathering in the Stars
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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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1883-1884
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Creation Start Date:
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1883
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Creation End Date:
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1884
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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 3/8 in. (44.4 x 34.1 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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1978.108.37
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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.center left in pencil: 72/We are no other than amoving row/Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go/Round with this Sun-illumin'd Lanternheld/In Midnight by the Master of the Show;/73/Impotent Pieces of the Game He plays/Uponthis Chequer-board of Nights and Days;/Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays,/And one by one back in the Closet lays./74/The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes,/But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes;/And He that toss'd you down into the Field,/He knows about it all--HE knows--HE knows!
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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.1978.108.37.tif
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