Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Two Figures beneath the Branching Lights
Two cloaked figures turn away from one another beside a bare tree. An intricate field of star-like dots branches between them above a low patterned wall. The plate appears beside the novel’s account of Mallare contemplating multiple versions of himself.
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Wallace Smith. "The Two Figures beneath the Branching Lights" [editorial title]. In Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath, Ben Hecht; drawings by Wallace Smith. 1922 supplied edition, 1922, Covici-McGee. Source scan leaf 151. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0269-0143
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Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious OathBen Hecht; drawings by Wallace Smith1922More from this book
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Wallace Smith. The Two Figures beneath the Branching Lights. Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath. Scan leaf 151. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0269-0143