I'm going to try to find the translator to track this down.
I have the Spencer Museum of Art Jarry print catalog, which would probably give the answer to my own question, but unfortunately its buried in a box which won't be found or opened for a few weeks.
No engraving comes to mind but there may be an engraved version of this:
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which is kite-like enough for Terry Gilliam to have made merry with it.
Perhaps this woodcut … not quite a kite symbol but rather a God-Kite itself.
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mahendra's suggestion is interesting.
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It took a few minutes for my brain to process the crucifixion-stigmata-kite.
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I am curious, what did Jarry write in the original French?
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ReplyDeleteI have the Spencer Museum of Art Jarry print catalog, which would probably give the answer to my own question, but unfortunately its buried in a box which won't be found or opened for a few weeks.