Canto IV/2: Homer

Silkscreen page proof approved by the artist and signed / initialled by him, taken from the original Talford Press edition of 185, printed on 100% rag, acid-free Inveresk (Somerset) paper

page size 39.5 x 31 cm

1979 – 1983

A sketched outline head has here been vastly enlarged to represent Homer. The epic range of his poetry (known to Dante only by repute) is indicated by various scenes of a pastoral, military, nautical or Elysian character, including some obvious references to the Iliad (e.g. the Trojan Horse). The colour chosen as a screened overprinting of the black and white etching echoes the red found on the pottery of Ancient Greece which so often depicts Homeric scenes.