Salvador Dalí Wood Engraving "Purgatory Canto 1: L'Ange Déchu"

Item Details

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904 – 1989)
Purgatory Canto 1: L’Ange Déchu (The Fallen Angel), 1960-1964
Wood engraving on BFK Rives paper
Signed in plate to the lower center
From Dante’s The Divine Comedy series
Published by Editions d’Art les Heures Claires, Paris
Estrade blind stamp to the lower right
Photocopied certificate to the verso

Literature
Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, p. 197.

Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres, Spain and is known for his Surrealist and otherworldly compositions. He was encouraged to pursue his artistic inclinations at a young age and in 1922 he enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain. As most artists during his lifetime, Dalí moved to Paris to collaborate with his contemporaries including Picasso, Magritte, and Miró. Dalí’s body of work is based on his ability to translate his profound understanding of what is just beyond human consciousness into something tangible. Dalí’s extensive oeuvre can be seen in many public collections including the MoMA, New York; the Salvador Dalí Museum, Florida; and the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago among many others.

Condition

- print hinge-mounted to the mat with tape visible across the upper edge; roughly cut sight edge to the mat; minor paper debris under acrylic glass.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 6.85" W x 10.0" H.

Item #

ITMG418443