Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Reclining Figure and the Small Companion: Clarke
An elongated reclining body extends a hand towards a small standing figure. Pale limbs and dark hair form a continuous horizontal movement. The contrast in scale makes the encounter resemble an exchange between different orders of being. Dots scattered over the body echo the small faces below its extended arm. Clarke compresses the meeting into a banner-like space, making a single gesture carry the image.
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Harry Clarke. "The Reclining Figure and the Small Companion: Clarke" [editorial title]. In Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Bayard Taylor; illustrations by Harry Clarke. Undated Arden Book Company edition; Faust Part One, Bayard Taylor translation, Harry Clarke illustrations, undated edition, Arden Book Company. Source scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/faust-clarke-15
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete source design inspected individually. Editorial title; surrounding paper and unrelated text cropped away, integrated ornament retained. No tonal alteration.
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Harry Clarke. The Reclining Figure and the Small Companion: Clarke. Faust. Scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/faust-clarke-15