96. Wendy Artin: Sixteen watercolor drawings for Stone from Delphi

Arion Press’s ninety-sixth publication is poetry by Seamus Heaney, Stone from Delphi, a collection of his poems with classical themes, chosen by Helen Vendler.

Wendy Artin’s watercolor drawings, done especially for this book, were made from Greek and Roman statues whose subjects appear in Heaney’s writings in this volume, for example: the Menade danzante, 404-405 AD, in the Campidoglio, Rome; Actaeon, first Century AD, from the National Museum in Naples; and Aphrodite rising from her bath, 460 AD, in the Palazzo Altemps, Rome. The drawings are reproduced in the edition at same size.

There are sixteen illustrations in all. The subjects are Hercules and Antaeus, Omphalos, Hermes, Coventina, Aeneas and Anchises, Charon, Eurydice and Orpheus, Maenad, Mycenae Lion Gate, Temple of Asclepius, Hercules and Athena, Aphrodite, Jupiter, Venus, Orpheus and Lyre, and Actaeon.

The original watercolor drawings by Wendy Artin are available for sale by Arion Press. Contact us for price and availability.

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