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Lot #74 - Original Salvadore Dali Wood Engraving 'Heaven Canto 17' The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri

In the early 1950s, in celebration of the 700th birthday of the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri, the Italian government commissioned the Surrealist master Salvador Dalí to create 100 watercolor illustrations for a commemorative edition of The Divine Comedy. In 1954, La Libreria dello Stato published a brochure with 7 of the paintings reproduced full size as lithographs. Dalí’s hyperrealistic, bizarre, and nightmarish imagery seemed like the perfect pairing to Dante’s visions of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, yet public outcry against the commissioning of a Spanish artist to accompany the work of an Italian cultural hero forced the Italian government to revoke its support for the project. Undaunted, Dalí worked with a French publisher to have 100 wood engravings (one for each of The Divine Comedy’s verses) made after his own watercolors, which were completed and published in 1963.

Signed Artist’s Proof, inscribed, EA (epreuve d’artiste) in the corner. Includes elegant framing and protective glass. Perfect for collection or home decor.

Frame 19.5" H x 17"H

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