Art Institute of Chicago
Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Elihu Vedder
- Date
- c. 1884, reworked 1911
- Medium
- 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
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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