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03:45 06/09/2009
So Very Effective. A beautiful drawing with a soul all its own.
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Bound Angel
- Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923
- Medium: White and black chalk or crayon on wove paper
- Dates: 1891
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (29.2 x 22.5 cm)
- Signature: Conjoined monogram and date lower right: "18 V 91"
- Collections: American Art
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 21.482
- Credit Line: Bequest of William H. Herriman
- Image: Overall, 21.482_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
In this finished drawing, which demonstrates his masterful skill in the medium of charcoal, Elihu Vedder established the pose central to his Symbolist painting titled Soul in Bondage. In contrast to the finished painting’s fantastic, imaginary backdrop of arcing tonal bands, Vedder employed a more naturalistic setting here. It was perhaps the placid mood of the rippled water and setting sun in this image that led the artist to convey the figure’s inner turmoil more emphatically through the web of swirling currents in his ultimate design.
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