Art, Symbol & Imagination
Laughing Aloud, Zos Answered
A pale body arches backwards with one arm raised under a great spread of dark feathers. A second rounded form and faint faces press into the same narrow space. The caption names Zos answering with laughter, placing the drawing within Spare’s account of selfhood and desire.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Laughing Aloud, Zos Answered" [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 12. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0012
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Austin Osman Spare. Laughing Aloud, Zos Answered. The Focus of Life. Scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0012