Edmund Joseph Sullivan

'THE IDEALIST' ('STURDY OLD BURGESS: "AND WHAT, SIR, MAY YOUR PICTURE REPRESENT?" | PLUPERFECT FUTURIST TROTSKY: "THE MENTAL STATE OF A BOLSHEVIK CONTEMPLATING 'GERMAN CAPITALISTS, BANKERS AND LANDLORDS, SUPPORTED BY THE SILENT CO-OPERATION OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH BOURGEOISIE'" | STURDY OLD BURGESS: "SIR, YOU HAVE PRODUCED A PRICELESS MASTERPIECE - AND IF IT IS TRUE THAT YOU HAVE SOLD IT FOR £22,000 YOU HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY!"')

Edmund Joseph Sullivan

A collection of two preliminary pencil drawings, the finished ink drawing and a copy of the published piece, comprising:

i) 298 by 191mm., preliminary pencil drawing [on reverse:] 298 by 191mm., ‘He Who Endureth to the End Shall be Saved’, pencil, inscribed with title ‘The Promise’, ‘Bible’ and ‘176-178’ and dated ‘Feby 1918’, mounted, framed and glazed;

ii) 362 by 254mm., preliminary pencil drawing, mounted, framed and glazed;

iii) 362 by 254mm., pen and ink, signed and dated 1918, inscribed with title and ‘National News’ and dated ‘Feb 15tth 1918’ on reverse, mounted, framed and glazed

iv) 279 by 184mm., printed paper, mounted, framed and glazed, some browning and folds

Provenance:
National News, 17 February 1918