Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Figures on the Geometric Stairway
Thin pale figures climb, reach and recline across a sharply divided stairwell. Repeated horizontal bands and a dark hanging marked with a sign organise the interior. Smith’s geometric setting makes the distorted bodies seem caught within a constructed labyrinth.
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Wallace Smith. "The Figures on the Geometric Stairway" [editorial title]. In Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath, Ben Hecht; drawings by Wallace Smith. 1922 supplied edition, 1922, Covici-McGee. Source scan leaf 109. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0269-0101
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Wallace Smith. The Figures on the Geometric Stairway. Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath. Scan leaf 109. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0269-0101