Literary Afterlives and Adaptations

LiteraryAfterlivesandAdaptationsVisualartandliteratureareintimatelyrelated:thetwocreateandrespondtothesameculturaloraestheticmovements,interpretsimilarsubjectsandthemes,andplayoffeachmedium’sstrengthsandweaknesses.Thismodule,entitledLiteraryAfterlives,showcasestheobjectsintheSUArtMuseum’scollectionsthatareexplicitlydevotedtoliterature.Somesubsectionscontainanentirecollectionofillustrativeworks;othersdisplaythelikenessofapopularauthor.Stillothersareaestheticinterpretationsofanartist’sexperienceofreadingaparticularwork.Thismoduleiskeptintentionallybroadsothattheartworksthatinspireitcanbeutilizedforanumberofcoursesorassignments.Browsetheheadingsforaquickpeek;whennecessary,adescriptionwilloffermoreinformation(forexample,ifanobjectisoneofalargerseries).Pleaseemailsuart@syr.eduwithanyadditionalquestionsorrequests.

Homer:TheOdyssey***NeedImage***

Object#1964.132Title:OdysseusandtheRamArtist:EugeneLarkinMedium:lithographDimensions:Object:323/8×22in.(82.3×55.9cm)Sheet:3413/16×261/8in.(88.4×66.3cm)Date:circa1964

***Needimage***Object#1969.849Title:OdysseyArtist:CharlesShawMedium:oilDimensions:48x60in.Date:1961

DanteAlighieri:Inferno***needimage***

Object#1964.009Title:Dante'sInfernoArtist:RicoLebrun(American,bornItaly,1900-1964)Medium:lithographsDimensions: 173/4x13in.Date:1963

Thisportfoliocontainsthirty-sixillustrativeimagesinthetextalongwithsevenoriginal,signedlithographsbyLebrun.ItcouldbeinterestingtostudyalongsideDante’sInferno,inabookhistorycourse,orasanexampleofillustration.

***Needimage***Object#1984.104Title:Dante’sInfernoArtist:RonaldKowalkeMedium:etchingDimensions: Object:1713/16×255/8in.(45.3×65.1cm)Sheet:221/16×301/16in.(56×76.4cm)Date:1970

Goethe:FaustObject#1965.1022Title:DueldeFaustetdeValentinArtist:EugéneDelacroix(French,1798-1863)Medium:LithographDimensions:91/2x113/8in.Date:1827,published1828

DelacroixcreatedawholeseriesoflithographsonFaust.Theelevenscenesillustratedinclude:“Night,”“Beforethecitygate,”“Study(pactscene),”Auerbach’sCellar,”“Street(FaustSeesMargaretfortheFirstTime),”“TheNeighbor’sHouse,”

Gretchen’sRoom,”“Night(DuelScene),”“Cathedral,”“Night.OpenField,”and“Dungeon.”

Object#1987.055Title:FaustArtist:RembrandtHarmenszvanRijn(Dutch,1606-1669)Medium:etchingDimensions: Object:81/4×63/8in.(21×16.2cm)Sheet:81/4×63/8in.(21×16.2cm)Date:circa1652

Object#0040.055Title:FaustinHisStudyArtist:MaxGaisser(German,1857-1922)Medium:OilDimensions:243/16x193/4in.Date:nodate

ShakespeareThefollowingsubsectionshowcasesartworksrelatedtoShakespeare.Theworksareorganizedinthefollowingmanner:Shakespeare(general),followedbyplay-specificworksinalphabeticalorder.TheplaysrepresentedincludeHamlet,HenryVI,KingLear,RomeoandJuliet,Sonnets,andTheTamingoftheShrew.

Shakespeare(General)Object#1964.653Title:DieBusteShakespeare’sArtist:DanielNikolausChodowieckiMedium:engravingDimensions:31/4x2inDate:18thCenturyObject#1984.47Title:Shakespeareonthe“Liberal”CampaignofSlanderArtist:ThomasNast(American,1840-1902)Medium:woodengravingDimensions:Date:1872

***Needimage***Object#1964.442Title:ShakespeareAvenueArtist:AbbottLawrencePattison(American,1916-1999)Medium:inkDimensions:Object:75/16×815/16in.(18.5×22.7cm)Sheet:143/4×1911/16in.(37.5×50cm)Date:1948

Object#1989.058Title:PagingWilliamShakespeare,notthebard,theshoesalesman…paging…Artist:JosephG.Farris(American,1924-2015)Medium:crayonwashDimensions:Object:77/8×101/8in.(20×25.7cm)Sheet:81/2×11in.(21.6×27.9cm)Date:1963

HamletObject#2017.0294Title:OpheliaArtist:AnnaLeaMerrittMedium:etchingDimensions:Sheet:121/4×95/16in.(31.1×23.7cm)Date:1880

Object#2018.0101Title:IllustrationsofShakespearNo.1HamletArtist:GeorgeCruikshankMedium:lithographDimensions:Object:69/16×8in.(16.6×20.3cm)Sheet:137/16×913/16in.(34.1×24.9cm)Date:circa1820Thisobjectisthecoverofsheetmusic.Includedaretwoadditionalpagesofmusicandlyrics.

Object#1965.0343.107Title:PosterforHamletArtist:BeggarstaffMedium:lithographcolorDimensions:Object:135/8×51/4in.(34.6×13.3cm)Date:1896

Object#1981.2652Title:OpheliaStreet,PittsburghPAArtist:BereniceAbbott(American,1898-1991)Medium:gelatinsilverprintDimensions:Object:79/16×91/2in.(19.2×24.2cm)Sheet:79/16×91/2in.(19.2×24.2cm)Date:1935

HenryVIObject#1963.0891Title:IllustrationofShakespeare’sHenryVI,ActII,SceneIV(afterBoydell)Artist:J.OgboneMedium:engravingDimensions:Object:79/16×91/2in.(19.2×24.2cm)Sheet:79/16×91/2in.(19.2×24.2cm)Date:1803

KingLear***Needimage***

Object#1979.0218Title:KingLearArtist:OskarKokoschkaMedium:lithographsDimensions:Sheet:181/4×14in.(46.4×35.6cm)Date:1963

ThisworkincludessixteenlithographsillustratingShakespeare'splay,KingLear.

Object#1963.0183Title:KingLearArtist:ErnestBradfieldFreedMedium:coloretchingsoftgroundaquatintstenciledcolorsDimensions:Object:3511/16×461/16in.(90.6×117cm)Sheet:373/8×481/16in.(95×122cm)Date:1961

RomeoandJulietObject#1982.248Title:RomeoandJulietSuiteArtist:AdamWurtz(Hungarian,1927-1994)Medium:coloretchingDimensions:Object:157/8×121/8in.(40.3×30.8cm)Sheet:279/16×197/16in.(70×49.3cm)Date:1979

SetofetchingsthatillustrateRomeoandJuliet(ObjectsinPortfolioaremarkedas1982.248A-N).

Sonnets***Needimage***

Object#1965.0287Title:ImagestoShakespeare’sSonnetsArtist:PeterLipman-Wulf(German,1905-1993)Medium:engravingsDimensions:Object:143/8×101/4in.(36.5×26cm)Sheet:1915/16×143/4in.(50.7×37.5cm)Date:1964

TamingoftheShrewObject#1971.571Title:TamingoftheShrewArtist:PaulAizpiriMedium:colorlithographDimensions:Object:191/8×265/16in.(48.6×66.8cm)Sheet:193/4×265/16in.(50.1×66.8cm)Date:20thcentury

Cervantes:DonQuixoteObject#2011.0276Title:DonQuixoteandSanchoPanzaArtist:HonoréDaumier(French,1808-1879)Medium:lithographDimensions:Object:51/2×73/16in.(13.9×18.2cm)Sheet:93/16×117/8in.(23.3×30.2cm)Date:1830

Object#1960.013Title:DonQuixoteArtist:AnnaHyattHuntington(American,1876-1973)Medium:bronzeDimensions:Object:223/8×191/2×131/8in.(56.8×49.5×33.3cm)Date:1950

Object#1965.0343.063Title:PosterforTheatreLyceumDonQuixoteArtist:BeggarstaffMedium:lithographcolorDimensions:Object:915/16×93/4in.(25.2×24.7cm)Sheet:1511/16×113/8in.(39.8×28.9cm)Date:1896

Object#1968.017Title:CervantesArtist:SalvadorDalí(Spanish,1904-1989)Medium:etchingDimensions:67/8x43/4inDate:20thCentury

Object#1966.2552Title:DonQuixoteArtist:HansAlexanderMuellerMedium:colorwoodcutDimensions:127/8x91/2inDate:1950

***NeedImage***Object#1968.505Title:DonQuixoteArtist:WilliamGropper(American,1897-1977)Medium:softgroundetchingrouletteDimensions:Object:1111/16×151/2in.(29.7×39.3cm)Sheet:181/2×221/16in.(47×56cm)Date:n.d.

***Needimage***Object#1964.004Title:LastDreamofDonQuixoteArtist:JonahKinigstein(American,born1923)Medium:oilDimensions: 601/4x421/2inDate:1963

***Needimage***Object#2000.0023Title:DonQuixoteArtist:EstherDavisMedium:plaster,paintedDimensions: Object:171/2x141/4in.(44.5x36.2cm)Date:1965

Milton:ParadiseLostObject#2020.0028Title:TheFallofMan(fromtheTransformationseries)Artist:IvanForde(Guyanese-American,born1990)Medium:digitalcollageInkjetprintDimensions:22x17in.Date:2012IvanForde,acontemporaryartistwithabackgroundinEnglishliterature,createdTheFallofManandErraticEyesaspartofhisTransformationseries.TheseriesisbasedonthereadingexperienceofMilton’sepicpoem,ParadiseLost.

Object#2020.0029Title:ErraticEyes(fromtheTransformationseries)Artist:IvanForde(Guyanese-American,born1990)Medium:digitalcollageInkjetprintDimensions:131/2x121/4in.Date:2012

Object#2011.0071.14Title:MiltonDictating‘ParadiseLost’tohisdaughters(afterMunkascy)Artist:GustavGreuxMedium:etchingDimensions:Date:circa1879-1880

Butler:HudibrasObject#1971.166Title:BookIllustrationforSamuelButler's"Hudibras",page75,HudibrasFirstAdventure(plate3)Artist:WilliamHogarth(British,1697-1764)Medium:etchingengravingDimensions:Image:41/2x5in.(11.4x12.7cm)Date:1721-26ThisisoneofsixengravingsbyHogarthofButler’smock-heroicnarrativepoem.

Blake:Illustrations(various)WilliamBlakewasaRomanticEnglishpoet,painter,andprintmaker.Thefollowingsubsectioncontainsotherartists’depictionsofBlakeaswellasBlake’sownillustrationsandengravings.

Object#2015.0483Title:WilliamBlakeEngravestheInfernoArtist:EvanLindquist(American,born1936)Medium:engravingDimensions:Image:81/4×101/2in.(21×26.7cm)Sheet:125/8×141/2in.(32.1×36.8cm)Date:2010

Object#1963.0092Title:WilliamBlake(Etchingsof10FavoriteArtists)Artist:LeonardBaskin(American,1922-2000)Medium:etchingDimensions:Object:175/8×145/8in.(44.8×37.2cm)Sheet:291/2×201/2in.(74.9×52.1cm)Date:1962

Gay’sFablesObject#1997.0056Title:Gay’sFables:PanandFortuneArtist:WilliamBlake(British,1757-1827)Medium:engravingDimensions:Object:27/8×39/16in.(7.3×9cm)Sheet:101/16×57/8in.(25.5×15cm)Date:1793

ThisisoneofmanyembellishmentsbyBlakeofJohnGay’sfables.Otherimages,whilenotlistedhere,illustratethefollowing:TheDogandtheFox,TheOwlandtheFarmer,TheGoatwithoutaBeard,TheButterflyandtheSnail,TheMiserand

Plutus,ThePersian,theSunandtheCloud,ThePinandtheNeedle,TheRaven,theSexton,andtheEarthWorm,TheSettingDogandthePartridge,TheShepherdandthePhilosopher,andTheTameStag.

TheBookofJobObject#2002.0085Title:Illustrationsfor“TheBookofJob”Artist:WilliamBlake(British,1757-1827)Medium:engravingDimensions:Sheet:1415/16×1013/16in.(38×27.5cm)Date:1825

ThisobjectisthecoverpageforaportfoliofilledwithBlake’sillustrationsoftheBiblicalBookofJob.Otherimagescanbefoundwiththeobjectsnumbers2002.0085.1-22.

SketchesObject#1981.0003Title:[Twofiguresfacingforward,embraced]Artist:WilliamBlake(British,1757-1827)Medium:Inkwash,watercolor,andpencilDimensions:311/16×115/16in.Date:n.d.

Object#2010.0452Title:TheCircleofCorruptOfficials;TheDevilsMaulingEachOtherArtist:WilliamBlake(British,1757-1827)Medium:engravingDimensions:Object:91/2×13in.(24.2×33cm)Sheet:15/16×165/16in.(3.3×41.5cm)Date:1827

TennysonObject#1963.0803Title:PortraitD’AlfredTennysonArtist:AlfonseLegrosMedium:etchingDimensions:Object:815/16×515/16in.(22.7×15.1cm)Sheet:141/16×91/4in.(35.7×23.5cm)Date:n.d.

***Needimage***Object#2012.0225aTitle:APrivateReading,TheBookswasReadfortheLoveofTennysonArtist:unknownMedium:colorlithographDimensions:Object:211/4x291/2in.(54x74.9cm)Date:1978

Bronte:WutheringHeightsObject#2011.0166.01Title:TheApparition(Cathy’sGhostattheWindow)Artist:FritzEichenbergMedium:woodengravingDimensions:Object:73/8×51/8in.(18.7×13cm)Sheet:119/16×91/8in.(29.3×23.2cm)Date:1943

ThisimageisoneofasetoffourteenengravingsbyEichenbergofEmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights.Thesepencil-signedproofswereprintedbytheartistfromtheoriginalwoodblocksatthetimeoftheoriginalpublicationofthebooksinwhichtheywerereproduced.Onlyasmallnumberofproofs(10orless)ofeachimagewereprinted.

AHumanDocument–ATreatedVictorianNovelObject#1981.0099Title:AHumumentArtist:TomPhillipsMedium:screenprintDimensions:Object:61/4×315/16in.(15.8×10cm)Sheet:79/16×51/2in.(19.2×13.9cm)Date:1976AHumamentisanongoingprojectthatcreatesnewpoetryandartworksoutofarelativelyunknownVictorian-erabook,AHumanDocument.Phillipsself-describeshisworkasa“treated”Victoriannovel.Thisisoneoftwenty-fourpagesintheMuseum’scollection.

Poe:MaskoftheRedDeathObject#1978.057.01Title:Frontispiece:PortraitofEdgarAllenPoe[MaskoftheRedDeath]Artist:FedericoCastellón(American,bornSpain,1914-1971)Medium:ColorlithographDimensions:12×83/16in.Date:1969ThisisoneofsixteenlithographsthatillustrateandinterpretEdgarAllenPoe’sMaskoftheRedDeath.EachofthefinishedlithographshasalineofPoe'sversewritteninpencil.Theotherimagescanbefoundwiththeobjectnumbers1978.057.01-16.

Melville:MobyDickObject#1985.233Title:MobyDickAssaultingPequodArtist:LeRoyNeiman(American,1921-2012)Medium:ScreenprintDimensions:Object:183/4×303/8in.(47.6×77.1cm)Sheet:245/8×365/16in.(62.5×92.2cm)Date:1977

Douglass:NarrativeoftheLifeofFrederickDouglassObject#2011.0222Title:OnceYouLearnToREAD,YouWillBeForeverFREE–FrederickDouglassArtist:AmosPaulKennedy(American,born1950)Medium:letterpressreliefDimensions:Object:167/8×111/2in.(42.9×29.2cm)Sheet:191/2×121/2in.(49.5×31.7cm)Date:n.d.

PosadaObject#1973.23Title:1.TheBureaucrat.Amongbooksandfiles/Ipassmylife,/Andwhatistheresult?/Well...Youseeforyourself![OneHundredOriginalWoodcutsbyPosada]Artist:JosePosada(Mexican,1852-1913)Medium:ColorwoodcutDimensions:31/8x23/4in.Date:printed1947

ThisisoneofaportfoliothatismadeupofonehundredofPosada’swoodcuts.Akintoabookofpoetry,theseimagesexemplifyPosada’swork,whichwas

largelysatiricaland/orpolitical.ThetitleofeachobjectisanEnglishtranslationoftheSpanishlinesonthepage.Theobjectscanbelocatedwiththeobjectnumbers1973.23-122.

JoyceObject#1967.0131Title:JamesJoyce(bust)Artist:MiltonHebald(American,1917-2015)Medium:bronzeDimensions:163/4x9x131/2inDate:1966

Object#1967.905Title:PortraitoftheArtistasanOldManArtist:FedericoCastellón(American,bornSpain,1914-1971)Medium:etchingDimensions:87/8x113/4inDate:circa1948

Walker–“ForMyPeople”Object#2009.0113.1Title:SingingTheirSongsArtist:ElizabethCatlett(American,1915-2012)Medium:ColorLithographDimensions:161/4×135/8in.Date:1992

SingingTheirSongsisoneofsixillustrativelithographsforMargaretWalker’spoem,“ForMyPeople.”WalkerandCatlettwereroommatesduringgraduateschoolattheUniversityofIowa.Theotherlithographscanbefoundundertheobjectnumbers2009.0113.1-6.