Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Caller on the Minaret: Willy Pogany’s Rubaiyat
A small figure stands on the projecting platform of a slender minaret with an arm extended outward. Pale clouds and a small dark flying shape interrupt the surrounding blue-grey air. Willy Pogany sets the tower almost alone within the open field. The elevated gesture and great difference of scale make the figure’s implied call reach beyond the narrow architecture.
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Willy Pogany. "The Caller on the Minaret: Willy Pogany’s Rubaiyat" [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 65. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0124-0055
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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. The Caller on the Minaret: Willy Pogany’s Rubaiyat. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0124-0055