Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904-1989
The Proud One (Purgatory, Canto 11 from the Divine Comedy), 1963
Woodblock engraving on paper
10 1/4 x 7 in.
26 x 17.8 cm.
10 1/4 x 7 in. (image)
12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (sheet)
26 x 17.8 cm.
10 1/4 x 7 in. (image)
12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (sheet)
Signed in the plate to lower middle; J. Estrade (editor)'s blindstamp to lower right
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Plate no. 11 from Dalí's woodblock prints illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy was illustrated by Dali between 1951 and 1960 in 101 watercolour drawings. These works were...
Plate no. 11 from Dalí's woodblock prints illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy.
The Divine Comedy was illustrated by Dali between 1951 and 1960 in 101 watercolour drawings. These works were then reproduced using a wood engraving technique. With this technique, wood engravers carved 3500 blocks for the prints. 100 woodblocks were published as a French edition by two different editors with a total of 4765 books, an Italian edition of 3188, and later in 1974 as a German edition with a stated size of 1000. This woodblock comes from the French edition published by Les Editions d’Art Les Heuyres Claires, Paris in 1963.
The Divine Comedy was illustrated by Dali between 1951 and 1960 in 101 watercolour drawings. These works were then reproduced using a wood engraving technique. With this technique, wood engravers carved 3500 blocks for the prints. 100 woodblocks were published as a French edition by two different editors with a total of 4765 books, an Italian edition of 3188, and later in 1974 as a German edition with a stated size of 1000. This woodblock comes from the French edition published by Les Editions d’Art Les Heuyres Claires, Paris in 1963.
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