Development images, c. 1981-1985
File
MS. Tom Phillips 131
Held in our offsite storage facility
Image proofs, drawings and transparancies (some mounted) as well as computer-aided design prints from 1981. Some sheets have (verso) a print image of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones:
- Fleur de lis study; a fleur de lis is present in Cantos: 2, image 2; 8, image 1; 10, image 4; 14, image 2; 15, image 1; 26, images 1 & 2; and 32, image 4. Printed on tracing paper
- Fleur de lis study; investigation of a warping image, printed on tracing paper
- Fleur de lis study; investigation of a warping image, printed on tracing paper
- Fleur de lis study; 10 small fleur de lis, printed on tracing paper
- Fleur de lis study; printed on tracing paper
- Fleur de lis study; investigation of a warping image, printed on tracing paper
- Fleur de lis study, investigation of a warping image, printed on tracing paper
- Canto 18, image 2; incomplete colour print for Talfourd Press edition; framed in A2 cream mountboard. Labels include: "TPE 24. CANTO XVIII, 1ST III"
- Canto 9, image 3; mix media collage (card, paint, coloured pen, page of book); framed in A2 cream mountboard. Labels include "TPE 9. Canto IX, 2nd III"
- Canto 28, image 1; mix media collage (paper, red paint); framed in A2 cream mountboard. Labels include "Canto XXVIII", "B12228"
- Canto 22, image 4; original art (paint and pen on board); framed in A2 white mountboard
- 2 monochrome prints, possible variation for Canto 3, image 1; for Talfourd Press edition
- 3 coloured prints, possible variation for Canto 20, image 3; for Talfourd Press edition
- Colour print, possible variation for Canto 8, image 1
- Canto 4, image 1; incomplete colour print for Talfourd Press edition
- Canto 5, image 1; repeated monochrome print, reference for background; for Talfourd Press edition
- Canto 5, image 1; repeated monochrome print, reference for background; for Talfourd Press edition
- Three original art pieces; same pattern as above except using black background, A3 white card. Each piece varies in hue and saturation of colours. unable to find a reference to this study in final Dante's Inferno prints
- Black and white image of above art piece; printed on melamine, unable to find a reference to this study in the final prints
- Plan for half-title: INFERNO; description of printing process, with hand-drawn diagrams
- Four studies for half-title: INFERNO; coloured print with yellow frame; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- Two studies for half-title: INFERNO; coloured print with blue speckled frame; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; green print; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; black and white print; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; black and white print, cut into circle; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; line image printed on lilac background; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; coloured print on glossy paper; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; line drawing in red pen; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; double sided print, one side with yellow frame, other with blue speckle frame; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- Seven studies for the half-title: INFERNO; coloured print with yellow frame; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; black and white print; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; black and white speckle background with design in silhouette; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; printed line image; early version of final design in Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; black and white print; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- A study for half-title: INFERNO; pencil drawing of design, on tracing paper; early version of final design for Talfourd Press edition
- Two colour prints which do not appear in final book, depicting a gate, which was noted in plan for the half-title: INFERNO as being a design for 'Canto 3'
- Double-sided piece: front; colour print of gate design, back; abstract colour print with annotation (in reverse), reading 'on the death of innocence'
- Double-sided piece: front; colour print of gate design, back; abstract colour print
- Double sided piece: front; colour print of gate design, back; printed two-tone portrait of Mick Jagger
- Double sided piece: front; grey print of gate design, back; printed two-tone portrait of Mick Jagger
- Print of gate design, does not appear in the final book; printed onto brown paper, mounted on whte card
- Double-sided piece: front; colour print of gate design, back; printed two-tone portrait of Mick Jagger
- Double-sided piece: front; grey print of gate design, back; printed portrait of Mick Jagger using pink colouring
- Colour print of gate design, does not appear in final book
- Print of gate design; red colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Print of gate design; grey and brown colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Three colour prints of gate design; red and green colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Five colour prints of gate design; purple and grey colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Colour print of gate design; red colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Two colour prints of gate design; red and green colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Four colour prints of gate design; pruple and grey colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Print of gate design; black outline printed on white card. Does not appear In final book
- Colour print of gate design; red and green colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Double sided piece: front; colour print of gate design, back; abstract colour print
- Print of gate design; red colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Three prints of gate design; grey and black colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Colour print of gate design; red, green and grey colouring. Does not appear in final book
- Print of gate design; green outline printed on white card. Leaf shaped post-it note attached to piece, reading 'copy A'
- Piece of mountboard reading 'do not flex. Leaf atatched at stalk only. All other parts lift and bend very easily' and 'work below'
- Canto 4, image 4; colour print for Talfourd Press ediiton, image labelled 'Canto I/IV small proof'
- Canto 27, image 3; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XXVII/III small proof'
- Canto 22, image 4; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XXII/IV small proof'
- Canto 31, image 3; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XXXI/III small proof'
- Frontispiece; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'title pages/ II small proof'
- Canto 4, image 3; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto IV/III small proof'
- Canto 19, image 4; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XIX/IV hard proof'
- Canto 16, image 1; black and white print for the Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XVI no. 1, stage 12'
- Canto 18, image 2; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XVIII/II trial proof'
- Canto 21, image 4; black and white print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XXI/IV final proof'
- Canto 24, image 3; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled '10'
- Canto 26, image 4; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto XXVI/IV'
- Four studies for half-title: INFERNO; red prints on watercolour paper, images numbered consecutively 1/6, 2/6, 3/6 and 4/6
- Two coloured prints, variation of Canto 4, image 1, for Talfourd Press edition
- Coloured print, variation of Canto 4, image 1, for Talfourd Press edition
- Canto 4, image 1; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, image labelled 'Canto IV no.1 proof'
- Double-sided piece: front; variation of Canto 8, image 1, back; black and white abstract print of a rock face
- Sixteen coloured prints, varitations of Canto 4, image 1, for Talfourd Press edition
Dates
- Creation: c. 1981-1985
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Tom Phillips 131
Creator
- From the Collection: Phillips | Trevor Thomas | 1937-2022 | artist, writer and composer (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk