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Spanish-born painter Salvador Dali (1904-1989), describing himself as descended from the Moors and therefore passionate about the gilded, excessive and luxurious, was just as unique in his eccentric personal behavior as in his art. Best known for his immediately identifiable, 1931 melting clocks painting entitled "The Persistence of Memory," Dali's early influences included Cubism and Dadaism. His formal training in Madrid lasted about four years until, just before graduation from the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, he was expelled for causing unrest. At this time, he traveled to Paris and met his idol, Pablo Picasso, who had already been made aware of Dali's unique talents by fellow Spanish painter Joan Miro. He was also introduced to several of Miro's Surrealist friends.
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Salvador Dali Divine Comedy Our Lady of the Annunciation Salvador Dali Divine Comedy woodblock engraving "Our Lady of the Annunciation"

Purgatory - plate 10
Medium: woodblock engraving. During the 1950's Salvador Dali was commissioned by the Italian Government to illustrate The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Dali created 101 watercolors to represent scenes from Dante's travels through Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. However, the extravagantly surrealistic art works were not well received by the Italian public at the time and the government canceled the project. Fortunately, French publisher Joseph Foret was interested and work began on the engraving of woodblocks, chosen as the best medium to represent the nuances of Dali's compositions into print format. The woodblocks were destroyed after printing. This impression was printed on BFK Rives wove paper and issued in 1964 by Les Heures Claires in a total edition of 4765. The image measures 10 x 7 1/4 inches (255 x 187 mm) with full original margins; the full sheet measuring 13 x 10 1/4 inches (330 x 263 mm). The Divine Comedy is held to be one of Dali's masterpieces and the artist himself considered this series to be among his most important works. A rich, magnificent impression. Not signed.

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