. International studio. Bequeathed to the Met-ropolitan Museum of Artby William II. Harriman,Oedipus and the Sphinxwas first exhibited in theSalon of 1864, and marksthe beginning of the bestperiod of Moreaus the possessor ,,|exceptional originality, hisartistic lineage can never-theless be traced backthrough Chasseriau toIngres and Delacroix. Al-ways a dreamer and amystic, and a reactionaryfrom the practicalities ..Ia scientific age, he turnedto old myth and legend forthemes which his fertileimagination elaborated inrich and intricate design. Oedipus lias replied to theriddle of t

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. International studio. Bequeathed to the Met-ropolitan Museum of Artby William II. Harriman,Oedipus and the Sphinxwas first exhibited in theSalon of 1864, and marksthe beginning of the bestperiod of Moreaus the possessor ,,|exceptional originality, hisartistic lineage can never-theless be traced backthrough Chasseriau toIngres and Delacroix. Al-ways a dreamer and amystic, and a reactionaryfrom the practicalities ..Ia scientific age, he turnedto old myth and legend forthemes which his fertileimagination elaborated inrich and intricate design. Oedipus lias replied to theriddle of the Sphinx,What is the being who,having but one voice, and,aone of all beings, hassuccessively lour feet, twofeet, and three feet, andhas less strength insomuchas it has more feet? Theanswer, Man. accordingto the legend, destroysthe Sphinx / li M ARCH 1 9 2 ?. AIIER THE RAIN BY TOKAYAMA rAIKWAN H (ZttwJLrb of Ike BleJITc/U ^

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