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Archive of the Limited Edition of Dante's Inferno: Canto X/4 / Phillips, Tom., 1983

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Identifier: CC-54701-990138

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Scope and Contents

X/4 The presence of a British flag (quoted from a previous screenprint called Sixteen Appearances of the Union Jack which in turn quotes a postcard of this flag flying by the Thames) seems perhaps over-insistent in relation to the small mention that Britain gets in Dante's text. Perhaps it serves as a reminder that the same flag flew over many a scene of tyrranical conquest. Also, in a Hell which seems to be so crowded with Italians, there must after all be some British representatives, if only the odd errant cultural attaché. The lower part of the picture derives again from a postcard of bathers (ironically enough it is a scene from a Butlin's holiday camp) only slightly doctored to highlight the contrasting blond and black heads of Azzolino and Opizzo. The arc-like format is obscurely related to the -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (14 prints (silkscreen, lithograph) in clamshell box (museum board, paper covered, lithograph)) ; prints 42 x 32 cm, in box 44 x 35 x 8 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

1904 shelf Phillips Dante Inferno Archive box 5

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: London, England : Talfourd Press. Nationality of creator: British. General: Added by: BARB; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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