Art, Symbol & Imagination
Undine beside the Woven Fence
A young woman sits beside a low woven fence while a huge face emerges from the shadowed roof above her. Tangled branches and earthy colours bind the fantastic presence to the cottage. Rackham’s frontispiece introduces the water spirit at the edge of her human home.
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Arthur Rackham. "Undine beside the Woven Fence" [editorial title]. In Undine, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque; adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911; second impression, February 1911; adapted by W. L. Courtney, illustrated by Arthur Rackham., 1911, William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.. Source scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0012
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Arthur Rackham. Undine beside the Woven Fence. Undine. Scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0012