Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Pit and the Pendulum by William Mortensen
A bare-chested man is bound beneath an enormous descending blade while small rats gather around him. His raised arm and strained posture heighten the prison scene.
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William Mortensen. "The Pit and the Pendulum by William Mortensen" [editorial title]. In Monsters and Madonnas, William Mortensen. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 40. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0613-0040
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William Mortensen. The Pit and the Pendulum by William Mortensen. Monsters and Madonnas. Scan leaf 40. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0613-0040