Wild Pilgrimage
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Wild Pilgrimage is the third wordless novel of American artist Lynd Ward, published in 1932. It was executed in 108 monochromatic wood engravings, printed alternately in black ink when representing re
Wild Pilgrimage alternates between the protagonist's reality (in black) and fantasy (in orange).
Ward read Frans Masereel's wordless novel The Sun (1919, pictured) while studying in Germany.
American Regionalism and other movements influenced Ward's artwork. People of Chilmark, Thomas Hart Benton, 1920