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1991

Alchemical Lion

Jim Lee

American, born 1954

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Lee drew on iconographic sources from Africa and pre-Columbian America to medieval Europe to create the panoramic journey portrayed in these book illustrations. The range of imagery underscores the multilayered vision of Jesse Glass’s timeless poem.

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Jim Lee, Alchemical Lion, 1991 | Philadelphia Art Museum