Woodcut in colors on velin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonne references: Dali, Salvador, et al. Salvador Dali: Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980. Prestel, 1994, illustration 1039-1138. Field, Albert, and Salvador Dali. The Official Catalogue of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali Archives, 1996, illustration 189-200. Condition: Very good/excellent, consistent with age. Notes: From the folio, La Divine Comedie, 1963. Published by Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, Paris; rendered by Raymond Jacquet, Paris; printed by l'imprimerie M. Jacquet, Paris, November 23, 1963. This French-language edition of "La Divine Comedie" by Dante Alighieri in the translation by Julien Brizeux was entirely made in Paris. It required fifty-five months of patient and assiduous work. Started in April 1959, it was completed on November 23, 1963. Two ateliers have attached their name to this monumental work: the printing works Jacquet and Daragnes. The printing of the illustrations was carried out in Nebiolo in the M. Jacquet printing company under the direction of Raymond Jacquet assisted by Jean Taricco and Paul Massin. The pressers are Marcel Marsillac, Roger Fontaine, Claude Marsillac, Gerard Favien, Francis Merat. The engraving of the MMMD woods necessary for the exceptional reconstruction of Salvador Dali's hundred watercolors is the work of Raymond Jacquet with the collaboration of Jean Taricco. The text composed by hand in Meridian Body Twenty by Madeleine Jacquet was drawn by l'imprimerie Daragnes. Justification of the Draw: XV examples on velin pur chiffon de Rives to which we have added by volume: an inked copper - a sequence of the line engraved on copper - a color suite of the illustrations - a decomposition of the colors of an illustration. Numbered from I to XV; CL examples on velin pur chiffon de Rives to which we have added: a sequence of the line engraved on copper - a color sequence of the illustrations - a decomposition of the colors of an illustration. Numbered from XVI to CLXV; CCCL examples on velin pur chiffon de Rives to which we have added: a color suite of the illustrations - a decomposition of the colors of an illustration. Numbered from CLXVI to DXV; CCCL examples on velin pur chiffon de Rives to which a decomposition of the colors of an illustration has been added. Numbered from DXVI to DCCCLXV; MMM examples on velin pur chiffon de Rives, numbered from DCCCLXVI to IVDCCLXV. SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres in Catalonia, Dali received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dali lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dali's artistic repertoire included painting, sculpture, film, graphic arts, animation, fashion, and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays, and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art, popular culture, and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dali's work: the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. On February 10, 2011, Salvador Dali's painting, Portrait de Paul Eluard, sold for $21.71 million USD at Sotheby's London, setting a world record for the artist.

Very good/excellent, consistent with age