Andras, Grand Marquis in Hell:he who raises discords and quarrels
Illustration from Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal,Paris 1863
from Fantastic Library
Strega / Witch ,1915 by Alberto Martini *
from L’opera grafica di Alberto Martini
by Francesco Meloni & Leonardo Sciascia,1975
Lubies no. 13: La Mandragore Etching, 1934
from Adventures in the Print Trade: The caprices of André Villeboeuf
In 1934 the Paris art world was in a ferment of Surrealism. Salvador Dalí was at the height of his powers. Everyone was delving into the subconscious. One artist, André Villeboeuf (1893-1956), published in that year a remarkable album of 16 Surrealist etchings, entitled Lubies (Whims, or Whimsies)
Birthday,1942
Cover art for [Serbian edition of] Aura by Carlos Fuentes
Czechoslovakia Bilderlexikon Zoologie,tab 18,1972
from Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design at the Moravian Gallery
[see another post from that exhibition]
this one’s for Will,of course!