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Study for "Their God is of small stature, pinkish in color, unclothed, fat, and smiling," Illustration for Rudyard Kipling's "A New Version of What Happened in the Garden of Eden"

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Adam and Eve with their son Cain. Eve lowers flowers into the baby's hands. In the back left, farm animals can be seen.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Edmund Dulac, British (b. France), 1882–1953
Publisher
Hearst's International
Author
Rudyard Kipling, British, 1865 – 1936
Date
August 1924
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Birnbaum
Medium
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite, pen and black ink on illustration board
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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