Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Meditative Tapir’s Snout
A tapir-headed figure occupies the centre of a crowded interior beneath a great clock. Angular attendants and a diamond-patterned floor extend around the elongated snout. The bilingual caption associates the figure with the meditative gravity mocked in the poem Doubts.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The Meditative Tapir’s Snout" [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 98. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0260-0096
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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. The Meditative Tapir’s Snout. The Closed Door. Scan leaf 98. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0260-0096