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Elihu Vedder's Drawings for the Rubaiyat

Phoenix Art Museum

November 14, 2008-February 10, 2009

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This exhibition features 54 drawings and one painting by American artist Elihu Vedder. The drawings were created for the 1884 edition of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat, a classic work of 12th century Persian poetry. From the moment of its publication, this edition received unparalleled success and helped usher in a golden age of illustrated book publishing. Critics rushed to acclaim it as a masterwork of American art, and the visionary Vedder as the master American artist. Included in the exhibition are all of Vedder's designs for the book, with the exception of the small publisher's mark, and the monumental painting The Cup of Death, 1885-1911, which was inspired by one of the rubáiyát drawings. This special, traveling exhibition is drawn from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Exhibit Location: Orme Lewis Gallery

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  Tickets: $10/Adults, $8/Seniors and Students, $4/Children (6-17), Free/Members and Children under 6

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  Dates:
  November 14, 2008-February 10, 2009

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  Tuesday 9:00am-5:00pm, Wednesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm

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  Phoenix Art Museum

  1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004

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