Art, Symbol & Imagination
Earth: The Universal Woman
A large reclining woman arches above a crowd of smaller figures. Her flowing hair, lifted head and extended hand pull the composition across the upper page. Spare’s printed gloss names the Universal Woman and connects the lower crowd with humanity sinking into conventionality.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Earth: The Universal Woman" [editorial title]. In Earth Inferno, Austin Osman Spare. Undated supplied digital facsimile, undated edition. Source scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-earth-frontispiece
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From Spare’s sequence of drawings and allegorical verse first published in 1905. The complete reproduced page, including its frame, caption and ornamental details, is retained.
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Austin Osman Spare. Earth: The Universal Woman. Earth Inferno. Scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-earth-frontispiece