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Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022

 Person

Nationality

British

Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Centaurs, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-61417-10003944
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. Text reads "amongst a group of / the figure of a man / made over / some wild-eyed / horse / impetuously" "savage / in the great / deep irregular ditch / vague masses of / red / red / princely / men were / shadows and echo, and the horses tramped" Added: CEND

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Dante in his Study 1st State , 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-36728-38551
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. The print depicts a stylized portrait of Dante. This work was shown at the Sackner Archive during Art Basel Miami December 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Dark Wood Plate I, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61422-10003949
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Fireflies, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61428-10003955
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Fleur de Lis, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61439-10003966
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. A text of this image reads, "Semiramis & Dido & Cleopatra & Helen of Troy & Achilles & Paris & Tristan Und Isole De & Romeo and Juliet & Anna Karenina & Emma." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Image of Fleur-de-lis in brown surrounded by two dimensional wall on a grey background. Added: CEND.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: [fully banished] , 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 86: [Barcode: 31858072538436]
Identifier: CC-36712-38529
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. This work was shown at the Sackner Archive during Art Basel Miami December 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Giacco, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61426-10003953
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: [Good Friday] , 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-28373-29568
Scope and Contents

This print is from the first version of the work which was mostly destroyed in a fire at Editions Alecto. Less than three copies of the prints from the first version survived. Tom Phillips did not select this image for his final version of the Inferno. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: [he saw the church], 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-61441-10003968
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. Note at bottom from Phillips that was done in aquatint (unknown). Number XIX.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: [I represent reason], 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 86: [Barcode: 31858072538436]
Identifier: CC-28372-29567
Scope and Contents

This print is from the first version of the work which was mostly destroyed in a fire at Editions Alecto. Less than three copies of the prints from the first version survived. Tom Phillips did not select this image for his final version of the Inferno. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Leopard , 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-61438-10003965
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. Text reads "fair / Florence, / Vice / good-bye my / exclamation..." Added: CEND.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Malebolge, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 83: [Barcode: 31858072538402]
Identifier: CC-36721-38544
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. The print depicts concentric, colored semicircles on a gray background with A Humument text that reads, " ten pungent valleys - they smell the wolves' haunt and continue." This work was shown at the Sackner Archive during Art Basel Miami December 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Minotaur, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61420-10003947
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. A Humument text of this image reads, "with every nerve / stretched / the hard /exaggeration / ugh / ugh / came / into his / hidden / woman / lacerating / Angry, savage / creature / of his blind / fantastic / cow / the / Once, one / only last / of a new kind / mixed with pain. He / hardly recognized himself." Added: CEND.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Pape Satan, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-61418-10003945
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. A Humument text of this image reads, "oppportunity / judges / all / of / us" and "upper / under / in / favor / or / fallen / is / fortune / proportionate" Added: CEND

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Per me si va, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61436-10003963
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. A text of this image reads, "Semiramis & Dido & Cleopatra & Helen of Troy & Achilles & Paris & Tristan Und Isole De & Romeo and Juliet & Anna Karenina & Emma." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: 'Rain', 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61423-10003950
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Rain II, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-36729-38552
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. The print depicts stylized raindrops and the accompanying Humument text reads, "down to position Three - pain, and this repeating wretched wretched rain - the wretched hours stretched and stretched intolerable. Each." This work was shown at the Sackner Archive during Art Basel Miami December 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Slight and Lukewarm, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-61440-10003967
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. "slight and lukewarm, / not / able to love, / We / can't / for / repent..." Added: CEND.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Swamp, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 85: [Barcode: 31858072538428]
Identifier: CC-36710-38527
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. This work was shown at the Sackner Archive during Art Basel Miami December 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Dante's Inferno First Edition Proof Print: Ulysses, 1978 - 1979

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 31858072538410]
Identifier: CC-61427-10003954
Scope and Contents

This print is one of the proofs for the first edition of Phillips' Dante's Inferno. The completed prints were destroyed in a fire at the Editions Alecto studio and never published as an edition. Phillips subsequently redid the prints in a different manner although he borrowed some of the imagery from the first edition. The prints in a limited edition and a trade edition book were published by Phillips and Thames and Hudson, respectively. A Humument text of this image reads, "a conjuror / with his own voice, / by / which / art / the devil, with low whisper / work / the best of men / corrupted, / conquered;" Added: CEND.

Dates: 1978 - 1979