A dynamic interplay of fragmented imagery and gestural mark-making characterizes this lithograph, in which Rauschenberg translates Dante's medieval narrative into a distinctly modern visual language. Enigmatic overlapping figures and abstracted forms emerge from the rich black ink, printed on the textured, handmade Angoumois paper that lends the work a warm, aged quality. The composition reflects Rauschenberg's signature combine sensibility, weaving together disparate elements to evoke the haunting atmosphere of the Inferno's deeper circles.