Harry Clarke - "Faust" (1925): 22 Greeting Cards (C6 size) with tipped-on prints

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Seller: m_a_c_h_-_v ✉️ (1,611) 100%, Location: Nambour, QLD, AU, Ships to: AU & many other countries, Item: 165956775033 Harry Clarke - "Faust" (1925): 22 Greeting Cards (C6 size) with tipped-on prints. Set of 22 Greeting Cards (C6 with envelopes) Illustrations by Harry Clarke for Faust  (1925) Reproduced from Museum-grade original prints on Acid-free printing stock with Archive-quality inks Perfect for just the right occasion (or occasions), this set includes 22 Greeting Cards (C6 + envelopes) with quality reproductions of the color, half-tone and major monotone illustrations from Harry Clarke's suite first published in "Faust" (1916) - as shown in the attached image - set on the front of the cards in the manner of tipped-on plates (the example shown here is 'Dearest and best, with my whole heart I love thee') matched with a tipped-on print showing the 1925 Title Page on the left interior of the card. The right interior of the cards, the rears and the envelopes are blank. Goethe's rendition of "Faust" is the most known version of Faustian literature. It is composed as a play, but belongs to the genre of 'Closet Drama', indicating that, rather than being performed, it is meant to be read. The main characters include: Faust (a character that has been linked to both the historical life of Johann Georg Faust and Bidermann's "Legend of the Doctor of Paris"); Mephistopheles; Gretchen (Faust's love); Marthe (Gretchen's neighbour); Valentin (Gretchen's brother); and Wagner (Faust's 'famulus'). "Faust" tells the story of what follows from a wager between Mephistopheles and God the results in the arch-villain trying to deflect God's favourite human - Faust - who is striving to learn everything that can be known, away from righteous pursuits. Clarke's contribution to this edition of "Faust" is reminiscent of his darker illustrations - most noticeably those he contributed to "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1923) - but move beyond the horrific to the outright weird. Stylistically, the work is both superb and - historically - an important influence on the psychedelic movement that became well known during the 1960s. "Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen" (1916) was Clarke's first major published work, although he had previously been working on illustrations to accompany Coleridge's ''Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' - work which had been destroyed in Dublin's devastating 1916 Easter Uprising. A number of commissions followed ''Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen'' (1916), including "The Year's at the Spring" (1920), ''The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault'' (1922) and his contributions to ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' (1923) - a project that established his stellar reputation as an illustrator. His second to last project, "Faust" (1925) is considered his most important as it is a precursor to 1960s psychedelic imagery. "Selected Poems of Algernon Swinburne" (1928) was his final book commission and, due to the licentious nature of Clarke's illustrations, that title was banned in Ireland. Each of these cards is hand-finished and the set will ship free to all destinations. Sold as is with no returns, this set of cards is as described and will be shipped using the fully insured and tracked services of Australia Post (international buyers are responsible for any Customs duties or taxes levied in their own countries).
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  • Type: Cards and envelopes

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