September 7, 2008

Upside-Down Kite


Endnote discovery: note to page 268 of Collected Works II by Jarry:

"Jarry wrote of God being symbolized in the triangle of an 'upside-down kite' engraved by Dürer. (cf. Perhinderion, 2, OC I, p. 998)."

Can anyone direct me to this engraving?

6 comments:

  1. No engraving comes to mind but there may be an engraved version of this:

    http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=1669

    which is kite-like enough for Terry Gilliam to have made merry with it.

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  2. Perhaps this woodcut … not quite a kite symbol but rather a God-Kite itself.

    http://www.wholesale-painting-frame.com/picture/image-42309.htm

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  3. mahendra's suggestion is interesting.

    Remember that a kite is also a bird.

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  4. It took a few minutes for my brain to process the crucifixion-stigmata-kite.

    Once again: Wow!

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  5. I am curious, what did Jarry write in the original French?

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  6. 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.

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