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Bound Angel

1891
White chalk and black Conte crayon on bluish-green, moderately thick, slightly textured woven paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (29.2 x 22.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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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 paintings fantastic, imaginary backdrop of arcing tonal bands, Vedder employed a more naturalistic setting here. It was perhaps the placid...
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Corrupt Legislation

1895-1896
Unknown
no dimensions avaliable

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

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Description: A central female figure is seated in a throne on a path overgrown with weeds. With her right hand she waves away a poorly dressed girl who is in search of work. In her left hand she holds a sliding scale. A man sits beside her with a bag of gold and an overturned voting urn with ballots. In the background are the man's factories--some...
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Dancing Girl

1871
oil on canvas
39 x 20"

Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Winston-Salem, NC

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Government

1895-1896
Unknown
no dimensions avaliable

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

notes
Description: This central panel in the series of Government represents the abstract conception of a republic as the ideal state. A central female figure sits on a marble throne and is crowned with a wreath. She holds a golden scepter and supports a tablet inscribed "A government of the people, by the people, for the people." The winged youths stand...
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Greek Actor's Daughter

Charcoal drawing with white highlights
no dimensions avaliable

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Greek Girls Bathing

1872–77
oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 58 3/4 in. (46.4 x 149.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Ideal Head

1882
oil on canvas
14 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. (36 x 34.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Medusa

March 18, 1867
Graphite and ink on paper
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 5/16 in. (10.8 x 8.4 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Minerva (Seven Sketches For Library Of Congress Mosaic), (painting)

ca. 1897
Pastel
Varies: 5 to 15 x 3 to 11 in.

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

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Nile

March 1890
Colored pencil on thin, smooth, woven pulp paper with some blue dyed fibers
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 8 in. (32.7 x 20.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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