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Barry Smith - "Sibylla" Sketch Original Art

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 870.00 USD
Barry Smith -  Sibylla  Sketch Original Art
With this intriguing sketch, Barry Smith pays homage to painter/poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti's <I>Sibylla Palmifera</B></I> (1866). Rossetti's work was later published under the title <B>Soul's Beauty</B></I> in his sonnet sequence <B>The House of Life</B></I> (1870). As the <I>literati</B></I> may know, Sibyls are prophetesses -- and one of them, the Sibyl of Cumae, wrote her prophecies on palm leaves. This sensational drawing measures an overall 10" x 13.75", and aside from a ragged left edge, the art is in Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)