October 27, 2010

Harry Clarke's Faust

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11 comments:

  1. Ha! I have a version of that "Dedication" image as a Dead Meadow t-shirt. I didn't realize they took it from somewhere.

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  2. these would be banned from
    libraries across America.

    The image of a female figure
    being impaled through the
    genitals is just too much for
    our delicate senses...

    haha.

    thank you...these are treasures.

    P.

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  3. Thank you for the beautiful, elegant and spooky Clarke post! Happy Halloween to the Journey and to you too.

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  4. these are absolutely stunning! there is no easily available edition of clarke's faust, is there? i saw that his poe illus are available, but the faust stuff is even better.

    thanx for posting, love the blog!!

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  5. I adore Harry Clarke, but haven't seen these before. The illustrations for the Rape of the Lock are beautiful but perhaps a bit more conventional! Did you see the exhibition a few years ago at the Dulwich Picture Galllery?

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  6. I thought I recognised the third from the bottom... it's on the sleeve for Bend Sinister by The Fall (as I guess you're probably aware). The figure on the right does have something of the look of a young Mark E. Smith about him.

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  7. thanks for the comments.

    Here's something to look forward to: Niall from Vintage Irish Book Covers mentioned about Clarke: "He taught illustration at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (later the National College of Art and Design) from 1918-1923 and was a major influence on book design and illustrator in Ireland in the twenties & thirties." He's planning to post some eventually.

    @Doug -- I would love that image on a band t-shirt.

    @Martin - none in print, but easy enough to find used online for not much money.

    @frangipan - unfortunately I missed that exhibition (I don't leave Philly enough)

    @James - I will have to dig that up (although I might only have Bend Sinister on cassette!). I agree about the resemblance.

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  8. Amazing! never seen thse before. Thanks

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  9. Ooops, I did not realise you were in America! It was very good though!

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  10. These are wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

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  11. So absolutely stunning. I only knew his more innocent fairytale artwork.
    Along with Bradley up there, I have to indeed say- thanks for sharing. This blog is amazing, been obsessed with it for some time now. Also the incredible breadth of your collection but also your sheer enthusiasm & willingness to personally scan & share all these images (and in large format.)

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