Art, Symbol & Imagination
Portrait of Hisself, Aged 17
A young man stands above a seated woman on a curved pedestal covered with words and symbols. A book and small objects lie near their feet. The printed heading identifies the image as Spare’s self-portrait aged seventeen and dates the drawing 1904.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Portrait of Hisself, Aged 17" [editorial title]. In Earth Inferno, Austin Osman Spare. Undated supplied digital facsimile, undated edition. Source scan leaf 13. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-portrait-aged-seventeen
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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. Portrait of Hisself, Aged 17. Earth Inferno. Scan leaf 13. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-portrait-aged-seventeen