Harry Clarke (1889 - 1931) Untitled [Study for 'Landor's Co...

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Harry Clarke (1889 - 1931)

Untitled [Study for 'Landor's Cottage] black pencil and graphite on heavy wove paper, sketch on verso of 'Three Figures,' approx. 10' x 7 1/2' [Dublin, c. Jan. 1918], framed; together with, Poe (Edgar Allen) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 4to L. (George G. Harrap) 1919, First Edn., frontis, & 23 plts. (complete) decor. green cloth. (2)

Provenance: The Clarke Estate

Note: Study for an illustration to Edgar Allan Poe's 'Landor's Cottage' published in Clarke's masterpiece, Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919). This sketch anticipates the published version and blocks some of its main components - the narrator of the story in the foreground gazing upon a valley, Landor's cottage nestled along a stream, and jagged mountain peaks in the background. One of Clarke's most expansive and beautiful illustrations, 'Landor's Cottage' was selected for the 1920 Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibition.