La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

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Title page from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Headpiece (page 49) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Tailpiece (page 57) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Headpiece (page 61) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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And on Every Side Are Columns of Basalt, . . . the Light Falls from the Vaulted Roof (Et partout ce sont des colonnes de basalte, . . . la lumière tombe des voutes) (plate V) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Flowers Fall, and the Head of a Python Appears (Des fleurs tombent, et la tête d'un python paraît) (plate VI) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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In the Shadows Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them . . . (Dans l'ombre des gens pleurent et prient entourés d'autres qui les exhortent . . .) (plate VII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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. . . I Plunged into Solitude. I Dwelt in the Tree behind Me (. . . Je me suis enfoncé dans la solitude. J'habitais l'arbre derrière moi) (plate VIII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Helen (Ennoia) (Hélène [Ennoia]) (plate IX) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Tailpiece (page 118) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Headpiece (page 121) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Headpiece (page 3) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Immediately Three Goddesses Arise (Immédiatement surgissent trois Déesses) (plate X) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Intelligence Was Mine! I Became the Buddha (L'Intelligence fût à moi! Je devins le Buddha) (plate XI) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Oannès: I, the First Consciousness of Chaos, Arose from the Abyss to Harden Matter, to Regulate Forms (Oannès: Moi, la première conscience du chaos, j'ai surgi de l'abîme pour durcir la matière, pour régler les formes) (plate XII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Here Is the Good Goddess, the Idaean Mother of the Mountains (Voici la bonne-déesse, l'idéenne des montagnes) (plate XIII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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I Am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil! My Fruit Is the Sun! (Je suis toujours la grande Isis! Nul n'a encore soulevé mon voile! Mon fruit est le soleil!) (plate XIV) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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He Falls Head Foremost into the Abyss (Il tombe dans l'abîme, la tête en bas) (plate XV) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Tailpiece (page 170) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Headpiece (page 173) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Anthony: What Is the Point of All This? The Devil: There Is No Point! (Antoine: Quel est le but de tout cela? Le Diable: Il n'y a pas de but!) (plate XVI) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Tailpiece (page 181) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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. . .And He Discerns an Arid, Knoll-Covered Plain (. . . Et il distingue une plaine aride et mamelonneuse)) (plate I) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Headpiece (page 185) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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The Old Woman: What Are You Afraid of? A Wide Black Hole! It Is Empty, Perhaps? (La Vieille: Que crains-tu? Un large trou noir! Il est vide, peut-être?) (plate XVII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Death: It Is I Who Makes You Serious; Let Us Embrace (La Mort: C'est moi qui te rends serieuse; enlaçons-nous) (plate XVIII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Different Peoples Dwell in the Countries of the Ocean (Des peuples divers habitent les pays de l'océan) (plate XIX) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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. . . And Eyes without Heads Were Floating like Mollusks (. . . Et que des yeux sans tête flottait comme des mollusques) (plate XX) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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. . . The Beasts of the Sea, Round like Leather Bottles (. . . Les Bêtes de la mer rondes comme des outres) (plate XXI) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Day Appears at Last, . . . and in the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ (Le Jour enfin paraît, . . . et dans le disque même du soleil, rayonne la face de Jésus-Christ) (plate XXII) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Tailpiece (page 206) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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First table of plates from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Second table of plates from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Saint Anthony: Help Me, O My God! (Saint-Antoine: Au secours mon dieu!) (plate II) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Third table of plates from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Fourth table of plates from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Fifth table of plates from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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Wrapper from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938

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. . . I Have Sometimes Seen in the Sky What Seemed like Forms of Spirits (. . . J'ai quelquefois aperçu dans le ciel comme des formes d'esprits) (plate III) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

1896, published 1938

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Tailpiece (page 18) from La Tentation de Saint-Antoine

c. 1910, published 1938