Thursday, February 25, 2010

Edward Burne-Jones - Drawing of Wings




Chalk on paper, double-sided drawing

| 9 x 11 1/4 inches
Delaware

3 comments:

Lucy Corrander said...

It surprises me how often studies like this are complete in their own right.

Lucy

Hermes said...

Agreed. It reminded me of the brilliant notebooks of Leonardo.

Hermes said...

Waterhouse was fascinated by this poem and its themes and did three different versions of the character. This version is in the Tate and I'm pretty sure I saw it as a teenager.