Art, Symbol & Imagination
Climacophobia: the endless stairway
An immense stairway curls around a dark central mass, with small human figures climbing its edge and falling into the surrounding space. The diagonal steps lead the eye towards further figures above. The source names this image Climacophobia.
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John Vassos. "Climacophobia: the endless stairway" [editorial title]. In Phobia, John Vassos. Selected illustrations, undated edition. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0010
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John Vassos. Climacophobia: the endless stairway. Phobia. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0010