Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Death Posture: Spare’s Frontispiece
A dark-clothed figure rests a hand against the face above an open book. Wings stretch overhead while small bodies, masks and creatures crowd the circular platform below. The introduction identifies the frontispiece as The Death Posture, placing this intricate gathering within Spare’s account of ecstasy.
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Austin Osman Spare. "The Death Posture: Spare’s Frontispiece" [editorial title]. In The Book of Pleasure, Austin Osman Spare. Complete historical pages of The Book of Pleasure (Self-Love): The Psychology of Ecstasy (1913), reproduced within From the Inferno to Zos, Volume1 (First Impressions,1993). Four preliminary pages and60historical pages, including Ernest H.R.Collings’s introduction and the original printer colophon. Supplied custom cover; not a direct scan of an established1913physical copy., 1993, First Impressions. Source scan leaf 4. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0373-0004
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Austin Osman Spare. The Death Posture: Spare’s Frontispiece. The Book of Pleasure. Scan leaf 4. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0373-0004