Dec 15, 2022 - Sale 2625

Sale 2625 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

WILLY POGÁNY (1882-1955)

"Prometheus had stolen this fire even from his own altar and had given it to men."

Illustration of Prometheus from the chapter "The Mountain Caucasus" in Padraic Colum's The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles (New York: The MacMillan Co., 1921). Ink and watercolor on board. 254x208 mm; 10x8 1/4 inches. Unsigned on recto but with publisher's notes and property statement on verso. Mounted to window matte.