Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Radiant Figure and the Sleeper: Clarke’s Faust
A tall central figure stands between two semicircular fields of radiating lines. A body lies curled at the lower left beneath the spreading form. The design sets upright stillness against a folded resting body, with repeated strokes giving the upper presence a fan-like breadth. Dense black areas make the pale face and narrow trunk unusually clear. As a closing decoration near the prefatory material, it suggests the book’s visionary range without illustrating a named exchange.
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Harry Clarke. "The Radiant Figure and the Sleeper: Clarke’s Faust" [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 28. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/faust-clarke-27
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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 Radiant Figure and the Sleeper: Clarke’s Faust. Faust. Scan leaf 28. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/faust-clarke-27