Art, Symbol & Imagination
Potamophobia: the dark river valley
A winding river cuts through a bare valley beneath black, branching trees. A large pale face and small moving figures interrupt the landscape, unsettling the scale of the scene. The source caption identifies Vassos’s design as Potamophobia.
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John Vassos. "Potamophobia: the dark river valley" [editorial title]. In Phobia, John Vassos. Selected illustrations, undated edition. Source scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0006
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John Vassos. Potamophobia: the dark river valley. Phobia. Scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0006