Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Medium: Original Screen Print
Edition Size: Limited to 75 copies
Signed and Numbered: Yes
Paper: Somerset Satin, 410gsm
Dimensions: Image size 55.5 cm x 55.5 cm; Paper size 70.5 cm x 69 cm
Shipping: Worldwide shipping available, dispatched securely from the UK via courier. This print comes with free shipping to customers within the UK
Framing advice: This print is sold unframed. As with all screen prints, we recommend framing with UV-blocking glass/perspex to preserve the quality and delicacy of this print
The Green Knight raises his axe to strike Gawain, but the knight shrinks from the blow. The second strike misses. The third nicks the flesh of his neck, and perceiving his salvation Gawain leaps away and demands that the Green Knight honour their bargain: a blow for a blow. The monstrous figure leans on his axe and, in a good-humoured tone, explains that Gawain has been secretly tested and that he has passed with flying colours. His only fault – which earned him the wound to his neck – lay in accepting the girdle from Bertilak’s wife and not revealing the gift to his host.
James Russell