Art, Symbol & Imagination
Faust and Margaret in the Dungeon: Harry Clarke
A close human pair stands inside a dark arch beneath an enormous spindly creature. Fine lines descend around them like the sides of a web. The illustration occurs within the final dungeon sequence, where rescue, guilt and judgement converge. Clarke keeps the two human faces pale and near one another, but surrounds their intimacy with forms they cannot control. Patterned garments continue into the enclosing darkness, leaving little stable ground.
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Harry Clarke. "Faust and Margaret in the Dungeon: Harry 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 251. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/faust-clarke-250
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Harry Clarke. Faust and Margaret in the Dungeon: Harry Clarke. Faust. Scan leaf 251. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/faust-clarke-250