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BLAST 2: Artists and the War and The Exploitation of Blood

Short treatise by Wyndham Lewis on artists' responsibilities in the war, followed by The Exploitation of Blood, a relation of the machine of war to current art.

BLAST 2: Blasts and Blesses

List of Blasts and Blesses from BLAST 2. The lists are much shorter than that from BLAST 1, and they appear nearly at the end of the book.

BLAST 2: Combat. by William Roberts

Combat by William Roberts.

BLAST 2: Design for Programme Cover- Kermesse

Illustration by Wyndham Lewis, Design for Programme Cover- Kermesse.

BLAST 2: Editorial

Two-page editorial from Wyndham Lewis, discussing the art, the state of Vorticism, and the war.

Pasted-in picture of a printed sketch of Guadier-Brzeska's sculpture of Ezra Pound's Head. Note the resemblance to Hoa Hakananai'a, the moai sculpture from Easter Island. Also note the sliver of a fingerprint on each copy. The first copy (on the…

BLAST 2: List of designs and designers

List of designs and designers in BLAST 2.

BLAST 2: Marinetti's Occupation

Succinct, nonexhaustive criticism of F.T. Marinetti by Wyndham Lewis.

BLAST 2: Note to the public

Note addressed to the public concerning reactions to BLAST 1.

BLAST 2: Poems by Ezra Pound

Poems by Ezra Pound for BLAST 2

BLAST 2: Poems by T.S. Eliot

Poems by T.S. Eliot:
1. Preludes
2. Rhapsody of a Windy Night

BLAST 2: Snow Scene

Dorothy Shakespeare's Snow Scene. This illustration appears on the page opposite Guadier-Brzeska's death note, giving the reader a visual sense of the stillness of death.

BLAST 2: The God of Sport and Blood

Lewis's short essay, the God of Sport and Blood, on nationalism, art, and history.

BLAST 2: Two illustrations by Helen Sanders

Two illustrations by Helen Sanders, Isle of Laputa & Atlantic City.

BLAST 2: Types of the Russian Army

"Types of the Russian Army," illustration by Jacob Kramer.

BLAST Edward Wadsworth Prints

Set of prints by Edward Wadsworth

Bookplate found inside The Cannibal Islands

Bookplate designating The Cannibal Islands by R. M. Ballantyne as an award for attendance at the St. James' Cathedral Sunday School, Toronto, received by A. Sinclair and signed by superintendent Arthur W. Grassett.