On to the Brocken the Witches are Flocking (An Illustration for Goethe's Faust)
Artist
Harry Clarke
(1889 - 1931)
Mediumpaper
Dimensions24.5 × 17.5 cm
24.5 × 17.5 cm
Framed: 52.7 x 65.5 x 1.5 cm
24.5 × 17.5 cm
Framed: 52.7 x 65.5 x 1.5 cm
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by Mrs Margaret Clarke RHA in memory of Harry Clarke RHA, 1933.
Object number695
DescriptionThe drawing on the left depicts a fish like figure riding a sow, behind, which are a cluster of heads, and erotic figures in the manner of Bosch. The drawing on the right shows a continuation of the erotic figures growing smaller in size until they tail off into a fine line. In the foreground a pair of lovers and a head encircled by a flourish of leaves, behind which a devil-like face peers out with long pointed fingers around his mouth. The preparatory drawing for this is HCLA16.On View
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