Art, Symbol & Imagination
Tzula beside the Curving Forms
A tall nude figure rests one hand on a broad dark curve while another figure stands farther back. Soft shading lets the surrounding forms merge with tree-like shapes and open ground. The caption names Tzula, the sister of Aaos in Spare’s accompanying narrative.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Tzula beside the Curving Forms" [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 23. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0023
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Austin Osman Spare. Tzula beside the Curving Forms. The Focus of Life. Scan leaf 23. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0023