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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:

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

    Lucy

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

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  3. 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.

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