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Adrian Feint (Aust., 1894-1971).

[Three Illustrations]

c1917. Three pencil drawings on postcards, each signed and one dated upper right, 13.8 x 8.8cm (approx. each). Creases overall, minor chips to some edges. Mounted together.

(1) Shows a woman seated under a willow tree with stanzas from a poem including “Under the willow shady / wait yet a little while / wait yet a little lady / He must come many a mile.”; (2) Depicts Pierrot and a ballerina (back of a YMCA postcard); (3) Shows a man in Persian traditional dress with the caption “Just a rough suggestion for Omar.” Possibly a tribute to the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Inspired by British illustrator Edmund Dulac, Feint was only 23 when he drew these illustrations.

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Item #CL192-35

Price (AUD): $2,850.00  other currencies