Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Mahomet - La Divina Comedia de Dante Alighieri — Infierno, canto XXVIII
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Salvador Dalí’s Mahomet — La Divina Commedia de Dante Alighieri — Infierno, canto XXVIII, a 1963 limited edition colour woodcut on Japanese paper, unsigned and in excellent condition.
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SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989)
MAHOMET — MAHOMA
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri — Inferno, canto XXVIII
Date: 1959–1963
Edition: Joseph Foret / Les Heures Claires, Paris.
Technique: Color woodcut, based on an original watercolor by Salvador Dalí.
Support: Japanese paper, without watermarks or filigrees, according to the data provided.
Dimensions: 33 × 26 cm.
Work cataloged:
* Michler & Löpsinger, Salvador Dalí. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, Volume II, reference No. 1066.
* Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, pages 189–200.
Description:
Extraordinary surrealist composition by Salvador Dalí, belonging to his monumental graphic interpretation of The Divine Comedy, one of the artist’s most important and recognized editorial realizations.
The work illustrates canto XXVIII of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, corresponding to the eighth circle, where the souls of the sowers of discord and division are found, according to medieval religious and literary conceptions of the Florentine poet.
Dalí develops a composition of extraordinary dramatic intensity, featuring a human figure with violently distorted anatomy, whose limbs and organs intertwine in a complex structure of organic and geometric forms.
The contrast between the delicate ocher tones and the intense orange and bluish brushstrokes, together with the piercing elements that traverse the figure, confers upon the scene a powerful expressiveness.
The representation constitutes a magnificent example of Dalí’s surrealist universe, where the human body, anatomical transformation, and dream imagery combine with the symbolism of classical literature.
The work is part of the famous editorial project of The Divine Comedy, developed between 1959 and 1963, whose realization required approximately 3,500 wood-engraving matrices to reproduce the hundred original compositions by the master.
Exemplar presented on Japanese paper, with wide margins and without watermarks, in accordance with the description of the support provided.
Notable graphic work by Salvador Dalí, cataloged and of special interest to collectors of surrealism, original graphic work and large bibliophilic editions of the 20th century.
Provenance: collection linked to Enrique Sabater
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989)
MAHOMET — MAHOMA
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri — Inferno, canto XXVIII
Date: 1959–1963
Edition: Joseph Foret / Les Heures Claires, Paris.
Technique: Color woodcut, based on an original watercolor by Salvador Dalí.
Support: Japanese paper, without watermarks or filigrees, according to the data provided.
Dimensions: 33 × 26 cm.
Work cataloged:
* Michler & Löpsinger, Salvador Dalí. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, Volume II, reference No. 1066.
* Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, pages 189–200.
Description:
Extraordinary surrealist composition by Salvador Dalí, belonging to his monumental graphic interpretation of The Divine Comedy, one of the artist’s most important and recognized editorial realizations.
The work illustrates canto XXVIII of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, corresponding to the eighth circle, where the souls of the sowers of discord and division are found, according to medieval religious and literary conceptions of the Florentine poet.
Dalí develops a composition of extraordinary dramatic intensity, featuring a human figure with violently distorted anatomy, whose limbs and organs intertwine in a complex structure of organic and geometric forms.
The contrast between the delicate ocher tones and the intense orange and bluish brushstrokes, together with the piercing elements that traverse the figure, confers upon the scene a powerful expressiveness.
The representation constitutes a magnificent example of Dalí’s surrealist universe, where the human body, anatomical transformation, and dream imagery combine with the symbolism of classical literature.
The work is part of the famous editorial project of The Divine Comedy, developed between 1959 and 1963, whose realization required approximately 3,500 wood-engraving matrices to reproduce the hundred original compositions by the master.
Exemplar presented on Japanese paper, with wide margins and without watermarks, in accordance with the description of the support provided.
Notable graphic work by Salvador Dalí, cataloged and of special interest to collectors of surrealism, original graphic work and large bibliophilic editions of the 20th century.
Provenance: collection linked to Enrique Sabater
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Edition
Limited edition
Artist
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title of artwork
Mahomet - La Divina Comedia de Dante Alighieri — Infierno, canto XXVIII
Technique
Engraving
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
1963
Colour
Black, Multicolour, White
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
33 cm
Width
26 cm
Depiction/theme
Religion
Style
Surrealism
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No
Period
1950-1960
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