With a Sprig of Myrtile

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
After, 2009, Neon and wallpaper

February 11, 2015

She played with a sprig of myrtle

and a rose;

and her long hair

shaded her shoulders and back.

Archilochos fr. 25, translation in Italian by Salvatore Quasimodo and translated in english, from the Italian version, by Paolo Graziano