2-652-594 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Pegasus Captive', 1889, (1946). Print also known as 'Captive Pegasus', inspired by Greek mythology. The winged horse Pegasus is held captive by Bellerophon, in the guise of a poet - a metaphor for the dual nature of creativity. Horse and captor represent passion and intellect. From The Etchings of the French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries, by Edward T. Chase. [The Hyperion Press, Paris, 1946]