Art, Symbol & Imagination
Flute Began to Play
A slender musician plays a long flute while balanced on the back of a fish-like vessel. Broad pale and black bands curl through the sky above the repeated waves. The caption identifies Flute beginning to play after the travellers’ dangerous journey.
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Jean de Bosschere. "Flute Began to Play" [editorial title]. In Weird Islands, Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author. Supplied illustrated edition from Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1921, Chapman and Hall, Ltd.. Source scan leaf 104. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0264-0097
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Jean de Bosschere. Flute Began to Play. Weird Islands. Scan leaf 104. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0264-0097