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The Questioner of the Sphinx, (painting). Artist:  Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923, painter. Title:  The Questioner of the Sphinx, (painting). Dates:  1863. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  36 x 41 3/4 in. (91.4 x 106.0 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) Elihu Vedder/ 1863 signed Description:  Desert landscape with a male figure pressing his ear to the lips of a sphinx. Subject:  Landscape -- Desert Mythology -- Egyptian -- Sphinx Figure male -- Full length Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 06.2430 Provenance:  Bequest of Brimmer, Martin, Mrs., References:  "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969. American Art Journal, V.6, No.1, 1974. Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 297. "Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 2008. pg. 83. "A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2010, fig. 212. "Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Collection of Fine Arts), 1978, no. 28. Illustration:  Image on file. American Art Journal, V.6, No.1, 1974, Cover. Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 297. "A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2010, fig. 212. "Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Collection of Fine Arts), 1978, fig. 50. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 20490875   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 20490875 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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