Canto X/4: Arrows

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

Three arrows stand for the threefold journey Dante undertakes: into exile, suggested by the arrow pointing forwards to the cancelled Florentine lilies, the upward-pointing one promising future travel to be reunited with his beloved Beatrice, the third direction being his journey downwards to Hell.