Tom Phillips, The Dante Binding, 1981-82

Sitter: Pella Erskine-Tulloch, book binder

Medium/Date: Oil in canvas, 1981-82

Artist's note:

During the months this portrait took to paint, Pella Erskine-Tulloch and I were involved in designing the three volume binding for the Talfourd Press edition of Dante's Inferno. This sample blank volume was the final prototype ... the portrait celebrates a special level of collaboration.

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