Art, Symbol & Imagination
Acrophobia: figures at the precipice
A sheer tower rises through a sharply divided black-and-white space, with a tiny figure at its summit and others falling or clinging beside it. Vassos’s use of scale makes the architectural drop the subject of the image. Its source caption is Acrophobia.
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John Vassos. "Acrophobia: figures at the precipice" [editorial title]. In Phobia, John Vassos. Selected illustrations, undated edition. Source scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0009
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John Vassos. Acrophobia: figures at the precipice. Phobia. Scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0009