Art, Symbol & Imagination
Eva C. between the Curtains: A Séance Drawing, 1911
A seated woman holds apart two heavy curtains while a pale column rises between her feet. The original caption identifies a drawing made after the record of the sitting on 13 March 1911. Schrenck-Notzing presents it as documentation of his reported materialisation phenomena.
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Illustrator not identified. "Eva C. between the Curtains: A Séance Drawing, 1911" [editorial title]. In Phenomena of Materialisation, Albert von Schrenck-Notzing; translated by E. E. Fournier d’Albe. 1923 reissue of the first English edition; English translation by E. E. Fournier d’Albe incorporates supplementary and later material, as explained in the translator’s preface., 1923, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co.. Source scan leaf 125. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0449-0125
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The historical source presents claims about mediumship or supernatural phenomena. Reproduction documents its illustrations and does not authenticate those claims.
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Phenomena of MaterialisationAlbert von Schrenck-Notzing; translated by E. E. Fournier d’Albe1923More from this book
Eva C.: Flashlight Photograph of 13 March 1911
De Fontenay’s Séance Photograph, 24 June 1911
Eva C. and the Investigators’ Hands, 21 August 1911Related illustrations
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Illustrator not identified. Eva C. between the Curtains: A Séance Drawing, 1911. Phenomena of Materialisation. Scan leaf 125. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0449-0125