Evocations of Four Quartets

Name/Title

Evocations of Four Quartets

Description

Thirty-eight paintings created over the span of ten years by public relations executive and contemporary artist David Finn.

Context

Stephen Spender was a poet and novelist and David Finn was a public relations executive, co-founder of global public relations firm Ruder Finn and artist. This book is a series of drawings created by Finn, who was inspired by T.S. Eliot's metaphysical poetic sequence "Four Quartets". The paintings illustrated in the book were influenced by images in the poem and were an attempt to "precise the experience" involved.

Collection

David Finn

Category

Art

Book Details

Author

Stephen Spender

Illustrator

David Finn

Publisher

Black Swan Books

Place Published

State/Province

Connecticut

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1990

Place Printed

* Untyped Place Printed

Japan

Date Printed

1990

ISBN

0-933806-62-0

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Black Swan Books

Copyright Date

1990

Created By

jade@prmuseum.org

Create Date

January 16, 2025

Updated By

jade@prmuseum.org

Update Date

May 29, 2025