Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Fisherman Cuts Away His Shadow
A small fisherman stands with a knife beside an immense upright shadow. Its pointed silhouette stretches across a circular landscape of rocks and trees. The scene illustrates the fisherman separating himself from his soul before joining the mermaid under the sea.
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Ben Kutcher. "The Fisherman Cuts Away His Shadow" [editorial title]. In A House of Pomegranates, Oscar Wilde. Ben Kutcher's illustrated1918 edition, with H. L. Mencken introduction and additional Wilde tales; Library of Congress copy, Internet Archive benkutchersillus00wild, 1918, Moffat, Yard and Company. Source scan leaf 153. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0368-0128
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Ben Kutcher. The Fisherman Cuts Away His Shadow. A House of Pomegranates. Scan leaf 153. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0368-0128