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"the Sky Of Mercury", Lithograph, Dali, 20th Century
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"The sky of Mercury": color lithograph illustrating canto VI of Paradise, from Dante's Divine Comedy
It is signed Dali lower left, and is justified EA on the right
Good condition, in a mat
Divine Comedy: in 1302, Dante was banished from Florence. During his nineteen years of exile, he wrote the Commedia, a work which he wrote not in Latin but in the vernacular of Florence, his native language, and which is today considered the first great text in Italian.
In 1950, in anticipation of the commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the poet's birth, the Polygraphic Institute of the Italian State asked Dalí to illustrate The Divine Comedy. Unfortunately, the order will be canceled: ultimately, the artist's hundred original watercolors will be reproduced in a limited edition art book published by the French publisher Joseph Foret between 1959 and 1963, in collaboration with Éditions d'Art Les Heures Clear.
Dimensions of the "color image": 18.5 x 24.5cm
Dimensions: 26 x 32.5 cm
Dimensions with mat: 33 x 43cm
- Creator:Salvador Dalí (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 13 in (33 cm)Depth: 0.08 in (2 mm)
- Style:Other (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:unknown
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading.
- Seller Location:MARSEILLE, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6656236916002
Salvador Dalí
Instantly recognizable by his waxed, upturned mustache, the flamboyant Salvador Dalí is one of modern art’s most distinctive figures. He is also one of the icons of the 20-century avant-garde Surrealist movement, whose dreamlike images, drawn from the depths of the unconscious, he deployed in paintings, sculptures, prints and fashion, as well as in film collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock.
Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and even as a youngster, displayed the sensitivity, sharp perception and vivid imagination that would later define his artworks. In these, he conjured childhood memories and employed religious symbols and Freudian imagery like staircases, keys and dripping candles to create unexpected, often shocking pieces.
Dalí's use of hyperrealism in conveying Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality is epitomized in what is perhaps his most recognizable painting, The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which he depicts the fluidity of time through melting clocks, their forms inspired by Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His artistic genius, eccentric personality and eternal quest for fame made him a global celebrity.
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”
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