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Edmund Joseph SullivanThe Grosse Horloge and Fountain, Rouen, Normandy.1929
1929
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Etching on cream laid paper with an unknown watermark with an AL inside a ribbon. 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (258 x 187 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil lower margin. In good condition with one small, very minor 1/4- inch horizontal tear in lower-center quadrant of the image area, in the area of the doorway beneath the arch, very difficult to discern, and completely unobtrusive. 1/2-inch minor horizontal edge tear center sheet edge, bottom margin (outside of image area). Paper tape from a previous hinge at top right and left sheet edges. Light scattered age tone and surface soiling.
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Perhaps now most famous for one particular illustration for an edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Sullivan's etching of a skeleton crowned in roses was appropriated by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley for the now iconic Grateful Dead poster and album cover.
- Creator:Edmund Joseph Sullivan (1869 - 1933, British)
- Creation Year:1929
- Dimensions:Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20.02 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Middletown, NY
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