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Elihu Vedder

Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

c. 1884, reworked 1911
Black wax crayon and a variety of colored wax crayons with graphite and touches of gold pigment, heightened with white gouache on blue wove paper (discolored) laid down on tan board
64.9 × 46.6 cm (25.6 × 18.3 in)

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