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Euryclea Holding Telemachus while Penelope Scratches Odysseus' Outline on the Wall
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Euryclea Holding Telemachus while Penelope Scratches Odysseus' Outline on the Wall
Date1944
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2289b verso
Date Order NumberAG 44.28
Paperoff-white lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 210 x 165 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
Inscription
pencil u.c. (6); Telemachus & Odysseus; The scratched profile on/the wall – Euryclea holding child Telemachus/& Penelope scratching profile outline round shadow/of Odysseus head (& shoulders added) (and one of his hands) on the wall/Odysseus standing –/Time afternoon – sun comes out from behind a cloud/& casts a shadow of Odysseus head (& hand added) on the wall, in profile/The grey stone shows through the whitening of the wall/B (crossed out) The unusual set of the head, the beard that points/straight down instead of outwards – The high shoulders/& that short stubby hand with the long thumb, curving/outwards, the hand of crafty Odysseus
OwnershipAnne Bransten, USA
Collections
The Rescue Sketchbook p.41.