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Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956)
Grotesque Creatures
pencil
10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20.2cm.);
a pair
Executed circa 1924
Two fine examples of Spare's 'automatism'. During the 1920's the artist lived a hermetic, ascetic life in a tiny flat in Southwark. He worked at evolving techniques of trance, hypnotism and obsession which would enable him to draw mediumistically. Thus entranced her would draw incessantly for twenty-four hours or more, filling dozens of pages. These drawings come from a sketchbook of this period. (2)
Grotesque Creatures
pencil
10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20.2cm.);
a pair
Executed circa 1924
Two fine examples of Spare's 'automatism'. During the 1920's the artist lived a hermetic, ascetic life in a tiny flat in Southwark. He worked at evolving techniques of trance, hypnotism and obsession which would enable him to draw mediumistically. Thus entranced her would draw incessantly for twenty-four hours or more, filling dozens of pages. These drawings come from a sketchbook of this period. (2)