"While he was talking of every-day matters, her mind was in a reverie far away" (for "The Red Lily")

Donia Nachshen British

Author Related author Anatole France French

Publisher Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head British

ca. 1930

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Title: "While he was talking of every-day matters, her mind was in a reverie far away" (for "The Red Lily")
Artist: Donia Nachshen (British, Ghitomar, Ukraine 1903–after 1963 London)
Author: Related author Anatole France (French, Paris 1884–1924 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire)
Publisher: Related publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head (British, 1854–1925)
Date: ca. 1930
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black wash with touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 in. (24.4 x 17.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.803.10
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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