Art, Symbol & Imagination
Water Carriers and a Courtyard Fountain: Willy Pogany
Figures carrying large pale vessels gather near a tall arched doorway behind a low courtyard fountain. Projecting balconies and small windows articulate the warm-coloured walls above them. In Willy Pogany’s Rubaiyat illustration, the sunlit empty foreground separates the still water from the closer human activity. The architecture turns this modest gathering into a scene of depth, shadow and changing scale.
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Willy Pogany. "Water Carriers and a Courtyard Fountain: Willy Pogany" [editorial title]. In Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Omar Khayyam; translated by Edward FitzGerald; illustrated by Willy Pogány. Illustrated edition, 1909, 1909, T. Y. Crowell & Co.. Source scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0124-0038
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The title page identifies Willy Pogany as the illustrator. Descriptive titles identify the visible subjects of the selected colour plates.
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Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam; translated by Edward FitzGerald; illustrated by Willy Pogány1909More from this book
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Willy Pogany. Water Carriers and a Courtyard Fountain: Willy Pogany. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0124-0038