Edgar Allen Poe - Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1919 - The Assignation of Venice Wood Print

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The Assignation of Venice - Harry Clarke illustrations for Edgar Allen Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, published in 1919. This is the right half of a double-plate, the left half is also available.
Since Poe’s stories of suspense and horror were first compiled in 1902, many brilliant artists like Rackham, Dulac and Gustave Dore made illustrations for this book, but probably Harry Clarke has come closest to evoking the delirious claustrophobia and frightening atmosphere of Poe's world. His amazingly detailed art nouveau black and white pen and ink plates are masterpieces on their own.

More plates from the book available in the collection.

Collections featuring original artwork of illustrator and writer Moira Risen and carefully curated collections of digitally restored and cleaned illustrations from artists of the Golden Age, vintage botanical drawings, advertising posters from the early 1900's, traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings and some selected works of modernist painters. With licensing inquiries or any other questions please contact Moira personally via this email. You find more information about her and her creative projects on her personal website and on her blog. About Moira's artwork: 'I rather label my creations illustrations than classic fine art pieces because almost always there's a story (or at least a fragment of a story...) behind them -...