Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
Dante’s Inferno
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/tom-phillips-1764" aria-label="More by Tom Phillips" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Tom Phillips</a>
Canto XX
Purchased 1982
architecture
book - non-specific
Dante, ‘Divine Comedy: Inferno’
features
inscriptions
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
objects
quotation
reading, writing, printed matter
symbols and personifications
window
paper print screenprint
Canto XX: [no title]
image: 263 × 203 mm
Purchased 1982
<p>[from] <b>Dante's Inferno</b> 1979–83 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vii-no-title-p07482" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07482</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xix-no-title-p07497" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07497</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iii-no-title-p07561" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07561</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-v-no-title-p07568" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07568</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ii-no-title-p07622" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07622</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xii-no-title-p07629" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07629</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-i-no-title-p07685" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07685</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxi-no-title-p07708" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07708</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iv-no-title-p07761" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07761</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-title-page-p07778" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07778</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiv-no-title-p07784" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07784</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiii-no-title-p07803" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07803</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiv-no-title-p07855" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07855</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiv-no-title-p07898" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07898</span></a>; <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-colophon-p07989" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07989</span></a>; complete]
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<br/>Thirty-four Cantos each with text and either etchings, lithographs or screenprints, with title pages and colophon; the etchings were proofed and editioned by the artist and Nick Tite at Talfourd Press; the lithographs were proofed by Nick Hunter at Talfourd Press and editioned by Martin Davidson at the Dog's Ear Press; the screenprints were proofed and editioned by Chris Betambeau at Advanced Graphics (and in one instance, Brad Faine at Coriander).
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<br/>All printed on a specially made tinted Inveresk Somerset paper 16 1/2 × 12 3/8 (420 × 315) watermarked with the artist's signature, published by Talfourd Press in an edition of 100
<br/>All inscribed ‘T P’ b.r.
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) in instalments 1981–3
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<br/><span>P07778</span> <b>Title page</b> Screenprint 10 3/8 × 8 (263 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-title-page-p07777" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07777</span></a> <b>Title page</b> Etching 5 7/8 × 4 (150 × 100)
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<br/><b>Canto i</b>
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<br/><span>P07685</span> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-i-no-title-p07686" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07686</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-i-no-title-p07687" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07687</span></a> Lithograph 12 1/4 × 8 5/8 (312 × 220)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-i-no-title-p07688" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07688</span></a> Screenprint 10 3/4 × 8 (275 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto ii</b>
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<br/><span>P07622</span> Screenprint 10 1/2 × 8 (265 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ii-no-title-p07623" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07623</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (293 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ii-no-title-p07624" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07624</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ii-no-title-p07625" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07625</span></a> Etching 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto iii</b>
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<br/><span>P07561</span> Etching 12 3/8 × 9 (315 × 228)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iii-no-title-p07562" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07562</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 1/8 (292 × 205)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iii-no-title-p07563" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07563</span></a> Screenprint 11 5/8 × 8 1/8 (295 × 205)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iii-no-title-p07564" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07564</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (290 × 204)
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<br/><b>Canto iv</b>
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<br/><span>P07761</span> Screenprint 13 × 8 (330 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iv-no-title-p07762" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07762</span></a> Etching 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iv-no-title-p07763" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07763</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 ×203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-iv-no-title-p07764" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07764</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto v</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-v-no-title-p07565" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07565</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-v-no-title-p07566" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07566</span></a> Etching 12 1/4 × 9 (312 × 228)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-v-no-title-p07567" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07567</span></a> Screenprint 11 × 7 1/2 (280 × 190)
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<br/><span>P07568</span> Etching, screenprint and lithograph 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 (312 × 222)
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<br/><b>Canto vi</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vi-no-title-p07765" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07765</span></a> Lithograph 11 5/8 × 8 (295 × 204)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vi-no-title-p07766" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07766</span></a> Screenprint with etching and aquatint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vi-no-title-p07767" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07767</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vi-no-title-p07768" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07768</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto vii</b>
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<br/><span>P07482</span> Screenprint 13 × 8 (330 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vii-no-title-p07483" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07483</span></a> Etching 12 3/8 × 8 7/8 (314 × 225)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vii-no-title-p07484" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07484</span></a> Lithograph and screenprint 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (288 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-vii-no-title-p07485" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07485</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 8 1/4 (317 × 208)
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<br/><b>Canto viii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-viii-no-title-p07689" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07689</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 202)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-viii-no-title-p07690" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07690</span></a> Etching 12 3/8 × 8 3/4 (314 × 225)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-viii-no-title-p07691" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07691</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-viii-no-title-p07692" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07692</span></a> Etching and aquatint 12 3/8 × 8 1/4 (313 × 210)
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<br/><b>Canto ix</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ix-no-title-p07769" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07769</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ix-no-title-p07770" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07770</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ix-no-title-p07771" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07771</span></a> Etching and aquatint 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-ix-no-title-p07772" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07772</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto x</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-x-no-title-p07693" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07693</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-x-no-title-p07694" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07694</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (293 × 204)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-x-no-title-p07695" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07695</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-x-no-title-p07696" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07696</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xi</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xi-no-title-p07773" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07773</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 204)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xi-no-title-p07774" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07774</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xi-no-title-p07775" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07775</span></a> Etching and aquatint 10 7/8 × 7 5/8 (276 × 195)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xi-no-title-p07776" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07776</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (293 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xii-no-title-p07626" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07626</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/4 × 7 7/8 (300 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xii-no-title-p07627" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07627</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 7 1/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xii-no-title-p07628" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07628</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (288 × 203)
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<br/><span>P07629</span> Lithograph 12 × 8 3/8 (303 × 213)
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<br/><b>Canto xiii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiii-no-title-p07486" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07486</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiii-no-title-p07487" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07487</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiii-no-title-p07488" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07488</span></a> Etching 12 3/4 × 8 3/8 (315 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiii-no-title-p07489" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07489</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 9 (317 × 229)
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<br/><b>Canto xiv</b>
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<br/><span>P07784</span> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)</p>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiv-no-title-p07785" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07785</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)</p>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiv-no-title-p07786" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07786</span></a> Screenprint and etching 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xiv-no-title-p07787" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07787</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 1/8 (292 × 207)
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<br/><b>Canto xv</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xv-no-title-p07490" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07490</span></a> Lithograph 10 3/8 × 8 (263 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xv-no-title-p07491" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07491</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xv-no-title-p07492" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07492</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 8 7/8 (317 × 225)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xv-no-title-p07493" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07493</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xvi</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvi-no-title-p07788" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07788</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/4 × 8 1/4 (300 × 210)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvi-no-title-p07789" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07789</span></a> Etching 12 3/8 × 8 7/8 (315 × 225)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvi-no-title-p07790" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07790</span></a> Lithograph 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 (302 × 208)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvi-no-title-p07791" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07791</span></a> Etching 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><b>Canto xvii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvii-no-title-p07792" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07792</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (288 × 204)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvii-no-title-p07793" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07793</span></a> Etching 11 5/8 × 7 7/8 (294 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvii-no-title-p07794" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07794</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xvii-no-title-p07795" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07795</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 1/8 (296 × 207)
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<br/><b>Canto xviii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xviii-no-title-p07697" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07697</span></a> Etching and aquatint 11 3/4 × 8 (300 × 202)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xviii-no-title-p07698" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07698</span></a> Etching 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 (290 × 200)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xviii-no-title-p07699" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07699</span></a> Etching 11 1/4 × 7 3/4 (285 × 196)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xviii-no-title-p07700" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07700</span></a> Etching 12 × 8 1/2 (305 × 215)
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<br/><b>Canto xix</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xix-no-title-p07494" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07494</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 8 7/8 (317 × 225)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xix-no-title-p07495" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07495</span></a> Screenprint 9 1/2 × 8 (242 × 202)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xix-no-title-p07496" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07496</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 (317 × 222)
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<br/><span>P07497</span> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (288 × 202)
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<br/><b>Canto xx</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xx-no-title-p07701" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07701</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xx-no-title-p07702" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07702</span></a> Lithograph 11 5/8 × 8 (295 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xx-no-title-p07703" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07703</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xx-no-title-p07704" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07704</span></a> Screenprint 10 3/8 × 8 (263 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxi</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxi-no-title-p07705" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07705</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (293 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxi-no-title-p07706" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07706</span></a> Etching 12 1/8 × 7 5/8 (310 × 195)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxi-no-title-p07707" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07707</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><span>P07708</span> Etching 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxii-no-title-p07796" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07796</span></a> Lithograph 11 7/8 × 7 3/4 (302 × 198)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxii-no-title-p07797" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07797</span></a> Screenprint 11 3/8 × 8 (290 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxii-no-title-p07798" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07798</span></a> Etching 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 (275 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxii-no-title-p07799" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07799</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (293 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxiii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiii-no-title-p07800" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07800</span></a> Lithograph 11 5/8 × 8 (296 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiii-no-title-p07801" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07801</span></a> Lithograph 11 3/4 × 8 (297 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiii-no-title-p07802" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07802</span></a> Screenprint 11 5/8 × 8 (296 × 203)
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<br/><span>P07803</span> Lithograph 12 1/4 × 8 1/4 (312 × 210)
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<br/><b>Canto xxiv</b>
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<br/><span>P07855</span> Screenprint 10 1/2 × 8 (268 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiv-no-title-p07856" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07856</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiv-no-title-p07857" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07857</span></a> Lithograph 11 × 7 3/8 (280 × 187)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxiv-no-title-p07858" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07858</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxv</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxv-no-title-p07883" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07883</span></a> Etching 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 (312 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxv-no-title-p07884" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07884</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxv-no-title-p07885" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07885</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxv-no-title-p07886" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07886</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxvi</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvi-no-title-p07859" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07859</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvi-no-title-p07860" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07860</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvi-no-title-p07861" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07861</span></a> Etching 11 1/4 × 7 3/4 (285 × 197)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvi-no-title-p07862" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07862</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxvii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvii-no-title-p07863" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07863</span></a> Etching 11 1/4 × 7 1/4 (285 × 197)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvii-no-title-p07864" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07864</span></a> Screenprint 11 5/8 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvii-no-title-p07865" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07865</span></a> Etching 11 7/8 × 8 (302 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxvii-no-title-p07866" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07866</span></a> Etching 11 3/4 × 7 7/8 (298 × 200)
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<br/><b>Canto xxviii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxviii-no-title-p07867" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07867</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxviii-no-title-p07868" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07868</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxviii-no-title-p07869" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07869</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxviii-no-title-p07870" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07870</span></a> Lithograph 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 (302 × 207)
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<br/><b>Canto xxix</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxix-no-title-p07871" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07871</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxix-no-title-p07872" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07872</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 (318 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxix-no-title-p07873" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07873</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxix-no-title-p07874" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07874</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxx</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxx-no-title-p07875" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07875</span></a> Etching 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 (312 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxx-no-title-p07876" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07876</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxx-no-title-p07877" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07877</span></a> Etching 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 (318 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxx-no-title-p07878" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07878</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxxi</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxi-no-title-p07879" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07879</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxi-no-title-p07880" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07880</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/4 × 8 (286 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxi-no-title-p07881" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07881</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxi-no-title-p07882" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07882</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxxii</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxii-no-title-p07887" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07887</span></a> Etching 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 (312 × 222)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxii-no-title-p07888" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07888</span></a> Etching 12 × 8 1/4 (305 × 210)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxii-no-title-p07889" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07889</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxii-no-title-p07890" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07890</span></a> Lithograph and screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxxiv</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiii-no-title-p07891" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07891</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/>P078921 Etching 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiii-no-title-p07893" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07893</span></a> Lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiii-no-title-p07894" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07894</span></a> Lithograph 8 7/8 × 8 (210 × 203)
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<br/><b>Canto xxxiv</b>
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiv-no-title-p07895" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07895</span></a> Screenprint and lithograph 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiv-no-title-p07896" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07896</span></a> Screenprint 11 1/2 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/phillips-canto-xxxiv-no-title-p07897" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07897</span></a> Etching 10 × 5 1/2 (254 × 140)
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<br/><span>P07898</span> Lithograph 11 3/8 × 8 (292 × 203)
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<br/><span>P07989</span> <b>Colophon</b>
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<p>Inscribed ‘Tom Phillips’ centre and ‘lxxxiii’ and ‘of the edition proper consisting of one hundred copies this is no.77’
<br/><i>Lit</i>: Tom Phillips, Dante's Inferno, 1985 (bound edition of the complete work)
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<br/>This work consists of Phillips's own translation of the Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Each of the 34 Cantos is accompanied by an introductory image and then three illustrations opposite the text of the poem. In an introduction in a booklet published by Waddington Graphics in 1983, the artist writes:
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<br/>The Inferno is Europe's harsh masterpiece of eschatology: magnificent descriptions alternate with bleak but moving confrontations with the range of Man's baser potentialities; through these we come to know Dante's own beliefs, trials and visionary hopes. We also acquaint ourselves through his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/narrative" title="Glossary definition for 'Narrative'"><span>narrative</span></a> with the complete scope of mediaeval learning: we see the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/renaissance" title="Glossary definition for 'Renaissance'"><span>Renaissance</span></a>, so to speak, at first light. However remote in epoch and name are the characters, time drops away and reveals to us real people: we recognise them and know their modern counterparts.
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<br/>Phillips's illustrations are intended to provide a visual commentary on the text. He has employed a rich visual language which includes some text treated as in his long series of ‘Humument’ works. In these, text from the same Victorian novel is taken out of context and blanked out with paint and other <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>media</span></a> to produce new meanings in a way related to some concrete poetry in which words are strung out down a page. He has also translated a wide variety of other kinds of printed imagery, particularly <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engravings</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photographs</span></a>, into these <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a>.
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<br/>Phillips began work on the Dante project in 1976 but a fire at the Kelso Place studios of Editions Alecto destroyed most of the first year's work. He started again, setting up his own studio in Peckham to be both print workshop and publisher under the name Talfourd Press (after the name of the road). Much of the proofing and printing was done there although Phillips also used the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprinting</span></a> workshop Advanced Graphics and, in one instance, another screenprinting workshop, Coriander. The typography was done by Ian Mortimer and printed at IM Imprimit, using the typeface Walbaum. The work was printed in an <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a> of 185 copies in loose sheets; the edition was completed in 1983. Later, a bound facsimile edition was printed by Hansjorg Mayer, Stuttgart, in conjunction with the artist; this included Phillips's notes on each Canto and was published by Thames &amp; Hudson.
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<br/>This entry has been approved by the artist.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1986
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architecture book - non-specific Dante, ‘Divine Comedy: Inferno’ features inscriptions literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) objects quotation reading, writing, printed matter symbols and personifications window