Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Visitor in the Study: Harry Clarke’s Faust
Two elaborate faces and a curling body surround a tall candle in the heading for The Study. One head looks sideways while another bends close to the base. The scene below opens with a knock and Mephistopheles demanding a threefold invitation. Clarke’s headpiece makes arrival feel like a transformation of the room’s ordinary furnishings. A single flame divides the tangled creatures, while decorative curves join them at the bottom.
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Harry Clarke. "The Visitor in the Study: Harry 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 89. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/faust-clarke-88
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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 Visitor in the Study: Harry Clarke’s Faust. Faust. Scan leaf 89. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/faust-clarke-88