Art, Symbol & Imagination
Satanic Trophies: The Dark Figure and the Skull
A large hand rests upon a skull at the left of a dark composition. Opposite it, a pale partial face and raised gesture emerge above a sloping black shape. Magica Sexualis captions the image Satanic Trophies. The narrow strip of ground and deeply obscured central space make the illuminated fragments feel isolated, concentrating the scene upon the face, hand and skull.
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Illustrator not identified. "Satanic Trophies: The Dark Figure and the Skull" [editorial title]. In Magica Sexualis, Émile Laurent and Paul Nagour. Privately printed; publication year not printed in inspected front matter, undated edition, Falstaff Press Inc.. Source scan leaf 299. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0105-0299
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Illustrator not identified. Satanic Trophies: The Dark Figure and the Skull. Magica Sexualis. Scan leaf 299. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0105-0299