Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Grinning Figure and the Drum
A wide-eyed face with a toothy grin looms above a rounded drum held in long dark fingers. Pale vertical rays cut around the figure’s head and shoulders.
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Lynd Ward. "The Grinning Figure and the Drum" [editorial title]. In Madman's Drum, Lynd Ward. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 127. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0610-0127
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Lynd Ward. The Grinning Figure and the Drum. Madman's Drum. Scan leaf 127. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0610-0127