I Have Supped Full of Horrors (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Black and white pencil drawing of a creature with its hands on its face. The creature has wings, pointed ears, and a beard. It has long hair on its head and a long mustache. The creature's legs are crossed at the ankles. Its feet are clawed and it appears to be sitting on a pile of fabric. The background is shaded darker behind the creature. There is writing in cursive at the bottom of the image. A gargoyle-like creature.

Artwork details

Medium:: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:: American
Dimensions:: 506 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

Le Sphynx...mon regard que rien ne peut devier, demeure tendu a travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible. La Chimere: Moi,Je suis legere et joyeuse (The Sphinx: "My gaze, which nothing can deflect, passes through the things and remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "I am weightless and joyful")

Evening Wind

Apres cela je vis descendre du ciel un ange qui avait la clef de l'abime, et une grande chaine en sa main (And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand)