Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Funeral Procession beneath the Moon
A line of many-legged creatures carries a long pointed coffin across a black field. A great pale moon occupies the background above them. The ornamental funeral procession repeats the collection’s transformation of familiar burial rituals into fantastic forms.
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Boris Artzybasheff. "The Funeral Procession beneath the Moon" [editorial title]. In The Undertaker's Garland, John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson, Jr.; decorations by Boris Artzybasheff. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. The volume separately lists each writer’s contributions and credits Boris Artzybasheff’s decorations., 1922, Alfred A. Knopf. Source scan leaf 127. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0266-0117
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Boris Artzybasheff. The Funeral Procession beneath the Moon. The Undertaker's Garland. Scan leaf 127. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0266-0117