Art, Symbol & Imagination
Ulysses with Colours of Black and Red
A long-limbed figure bends towards pale ground interrupted by solid black shapes. Small radiating marks gather beneath its outstretched hands. The bilingual caption names Ulysses and the colours black and red, locating the image within de Bosschère’s poetic reworking of the wanderer.
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Jean de Bosschere. "Ulysses with Colours of Black and Red" [editorial title]. In The Closed Door, Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author; with a translation by F. S. Flint and an introduction by May Sinclair. Supplied illustrated edition from John Lane, The Bodley Head; John Lane Company, 1917, John Lane, The Bodley Head; John Lane Company. Source scan leaf 72. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0260-0070
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The Closed DoorJean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author; with a translation by F. S. Flint and an introduction by May Sinclair1917More from this book
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Jean de Bosschere. Ulysses with Colours of Black and Red. The Closed Door. Scan leaf 72. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0260-0070