Art, Symbol & Imagination
Now for Reality: Spare’s Winged Figure
A pale winged figure spreads both arms above a crowded mass of bodies and faces. Fine lines and dark knots of shadow make the surrounding forms merge into one another. The opening illustration is linked to the caption Now for reality in Spare’s The Focus of Life.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Now for Reality: Spare’s Winged Figure" [editorial title]. In The Focus of Life, Austin Osman Spare. Undated illustrated digital transcription of Austin Osman Spare’s 1921 text, The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos; three aphorisms and fourteen illustrations. Historical publisher preliminaries and the separate editorial introduction are not included. Supplied custom author cover., undated edition. Source scan leaf 1. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0001
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Austin Osman Spare. Now for Reality: Spare’s Winged Figure. The Focus of Life. Scan leaf 1. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0001