Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Masked Figure between Candles: Clarke’s Faust
A broad-robed figure spreads its arms above two pale faces. Long candles flank the body within a square black field. The robe’s repeated marks give it a texture somewhere between fabric and plumage. Eyes below the hands and the sharp features above them turn the body into the centre of several watching presences. Clarke builds the image through mirrored elements while allowing the lower faces to differ.
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Harry Clarke. "The Masked Figure between Candles: 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 38. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/faust-clarke-37
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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 Masked Figure between Candles: Clarke’s Faust. Faust. Scan leaf 38. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/faust-clarke-37