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Elihu Vedder — The Questioner of the Sphinx | Symbolist Art PrintElihu Vedder — The Questioner of the Sphinx

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The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — A kneeling figure presses close to a giant carved sphinx head
The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — in a black frame on a pale wall
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The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — framed and leaning against pale pink panelling on a herringbone floor
The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — framed and leaning against olive-green panelling on a herringbone floor
The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — framed above a slim black console table
The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — framed in a sunlit dining corner
The Questioner of the Sphinx by Elihu Vedder — being hung, framed, on a panelled wall

Elihu Vedder — The Questioner of the Sphinx | Symbolist Art Print

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A massive carved stone sphinx head, its headdress cracked and weathered, rises from windblown desert sand beneath a dark teal sky. A barefoot man in a green robe kneels at its base, pressing his ear to the sphinx's lips as if listening. Broken stone blocks lie scattered nearby; a wooden staff lies on the sand below him and a bleached human skull rests at the lower right.

Elihu Vedder (1836–1923) was an American Symbolist painter who settled in Rome after the Civil War and lived there for most of his career. Trained in New York under Tompkins H. Matteson and in Paris under François-Édouard Picot, he painted sphinxes, sibyls and cosmic allegories, and produced fifty-five illustrations for the 1884 deluxe edition of FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, a publishing success. He also painted murals for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. His work is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Each print is a giclée, printed to order. Unframed prints are made on Hahnemühle German Etching, a 310gsm matte fine-art paper. Framed prints are printed on 200gsm matte fine-art paper and arrive in a handmade solid-wood frame with low-reflection glazing, ready to hang. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.
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