Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Tiny Boat and the Open Sea: Willy Pogany
A tiny vessel carries a pale, fluttering sail across a broad blue sea. The warm-coloured passenger and hull are almost swallowed by the surrounding water and cloud. Willy Pogany’s Rubaiyat illustration gives the voyage its scale through empty atmosphere. Soft strokes connect sky and sea, leaving the small vessel as the only concentrated point of human presence.
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Willy Pogany. "The Tiny Boat and the Open Sea: 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 79. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0124-0067
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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 Tiny Boat and the Open Sea: Willy Pogany. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0124-0067