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[Clark Ashton Smith original drawings for The sphinx].
BANC PIC 2017.103--PIC
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Title:
[Clark Ashton Smith original drawings for The sphinx]Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Clark Ashton, 1893-1961, creator, artist.Abstract:
Ink and watercolor drawings, produced as potential illustrations for Samuel Loveman's poem The sphinx, depicting various creatures
and characters from the poem.
Date:
1920 (issued)Contents:
1. A priest of Byblis -- 2. The Cappadocian -- 3. The blue-eyed Basilisk -- 4. The sphinx and the leper -- 5. [Sphinx and
three nude men] -- 6. The isle in the sea of [Tyme?] -- 7. The [illegible] in her labyrinth -- 8. The sphinx's dream -- 9.
Ascheria -- 10. [Profilie of sphinx] -- 11. A tale which the Kings of of Edom sat in their scarlet chamber to hear -- 12.
The mad king of the Laestrygonians.
Subject:
Sphinxes (Mythology) -- DrawingsSphinxes (Mythology) in art
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Most drawings initialed by the artist: C.A.S.
Many drawings include hand-written titles on the back. One drawing is dated 1920.
One drawing bears typescript label adhered to back: Original drawing by Clark Ashton Smith for Sam Loveman's "The sphinx".
Clark Ashton Smith original drawings for The sphinx, BANC PIC 2017.103, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase ; from Terence McVicker ; 2017.
Per bookseller: although Samuel Loveman asked his friend Clark Ashton Smith to provide drawings for Loveman's poem The sphinx,
the eventual publication (issued in 1926) did not include Smith's art.
Type:
graphicDrawings.
Physical Description:
drawing
12 drawings in 1 folder : chiefly ink and watercolor on paper ; sheets 30 x 22 cm or smaller
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2017.103--PIC