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The Ant-on-Bruckner Graphic |  | | Click to enlarge | I have always been amused by this graphic ever since I first saw it in Renata Grasberger's Bruckner Ikonographie book, but I could never quite understand the motive for such a drawing.
Now, a recent Ebay purchase has provided me with the answer. The drawing by John Furnival was created for a postcard put out by the Jargon Society in Cambria England. The card was number 17 in a series and the back of the card has the following poem by Jonathan Williams:
It finally dawns On Herr Doctor Professor Bruckner That he be more likely To find affection for his work From his small friend From the formicary near St. Florian Than from the fancy-cafe caters of Wien And the wise-guy criticasters. Fool-hearty sublimity was never The name of the game....
The card was issued on Bruckner's birthday - September 4, 1980.
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