Art, Symbol & Imagination
Introduction: The Conjurer and the Light
A seated figure raises one hand towards a great pale shape within the dark field. Small animal-like and human forms crowd the table below. Captioned Introduction, the plate opens Spare’s A Book of Satyrs with an image poised between conjuring, grotesque comedy and the act of making a picture.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Introduction: The Conjurer and the Light" [editorial title]. In A Book of Satyrs, Austin Osman Spare. undated edition. Source scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0208-0009
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Austin Osman Spare. Introduction: The Conjurer and the Light. A Book of Satyrs. Scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0208-0009