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MORTENSEN, WILLIAM (1897-1965) "Spider Torture

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MORTENSEN, WILLIAM (1897-1965) "Spider Torture

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MORTENSEN, WILLIAM (1897-1965)
"Spider Torture." Bromoil print, 7 1/2x5 1/2 inches (19.1x14 cm.), with Mortensen's signature and title, in pencil, on recto. 1926

This image is reproduced in Mortensen's book monsters and madonnas (San Francisco, 1929), unpaginated, where it is titled "The Heretic."

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