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Sketches for Death of the Suitors and Penelope

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Sketches for Death of the Suitors and Penelope
Sketches for Death of the Suitors and Penelope
Sketches for Death of the Suitors and Penelope

Sketches for Death of the Suitors and Penelope

Date1944
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2292 verso
Date Order NumberAG 44.32
Mediapencil, wax crayon, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 210 x 159 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil u.c. Do a series; pen and ink of positions/pencil of dead/suitors; c. The Naiads Cave – Four shapes of women cradled in/their flowing hair –/And try another one of/Odysseus's scratched profile/on the wall/See 466 Frob & 483 – 479 – 477 472 463; Penelope at the balcony

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More Information

The Rescue Sketchbook p.49. The inscription refers to page numbers in Frobenius 1933 (see HMF 2064).

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