Artwork Description:
() The wise men had concluded
That only that which was known could be:
The unnavigable alone lay ahead, Tremulous,
Beneath the clamour of an inhospitable sun,
A script from other stars yet to be deciphered.
Within the silences of nebulous zones
The compass groped for spaces.
Then the luminous coasts appeared;
Silences and palm-tree groves, a fiery breeze,
And the radiance of the visible, face to face.
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Navegaes
from a series of 12 island paintings on paper of which there are 4 left. this particular piece is not for sale.