Purgatory

In a series of intimate etchings, Tovborg adds to his body of work based on Purgatory, the second and middle book of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, 1320. With their dreamy, fluid and colourful shapes, the small etchings instil hope. As Inferno, the first book of Dante’s Divine Comedy, describes a downward journey through Hell, Purgatory is an intermediate place between Hell and Paradise, where lesser sinners are given the opportunity to be purified. The fluid sense of watercolour from spit bite aquatint dominates this series of prints, while some fine details are elaborated with line etching.

In celebration of the book Den Guddommelige Komedie, 2025, by Ditlev Tamm and Alexander Tovborg, these prints are sold to accompany the publication. Dante Alighieri’s influential medieval text is interpreted anew through the world of Tovborg’s imagery and Tamm’s words.

Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory XXIII-XXIV: Omo, 2024

Print technique: Line etching Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24050-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory I: Cato, 2024

Print technique: Line etching Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24037-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory II: The Soul Ship, 2024

Print technique: Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24038-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory III: dante, 2024

€538

(incl. 25% Danish VAT €108)

Print technique: Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24039-1

The book Den Guddommelige Komedie, 2025, by Ditlev Tamm and Alexander Tovborg is included.

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory IV: Belacqua, 2024

Print technique: Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24040-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory V: montefeltro, 2024

Print technique: Line etching Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24041-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory VI-VII: Vergil and Sordello, 2024

Print technique: Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24042-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory VIII: the Serpent, 2024

Print technique: Line etching Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24043-1

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Alexander Tovborg

Purgatory IX-X: the gate, 2024

Print technique: Line etching Spit bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 26 x 20 cm – Plate size 16.5 x 11 cm – Frame size 34 x 25 cm

Edition: Edition of 5
Printer: Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher: Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:: Signed by the artist
Registration no: ID: AlTo 24044-1

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