Divine Comedy – Paradise 18 – The Splendor of Beatrice
$10.500
9 5/8 x 7 1/4
Wood engraving in color on rives paper after a watercolor
Registration 831685.0002
“That blessed mirror now enjoyed alone. His word within himself, and I too fed, tempering the sweet with bitter, on my own.”
Hand signed in pencil lower, right by the artist, and also signed in the block.
Blind stamp of the editor J. Estrade, lower left.
Signed in pencil on the verso by Daniel David, the former director of Les Heures Claires, Eduard Fornes, the former director of the publishing company L’Editorial Mediteranea, and Jean Estrade, former artistic director of Les Heures Claires, Published by Les Editions d’Arte Les Heures Claires, Paris.
The 100 wood engravings for the “Divine Comedy” were executed over a 1 year period from 1951 to 1964. From 1951 to 1960, Dali painted the 100 watercolors whih were used as studies for the wood engravings. From 1960 to 1964, Raymond Jacquet created the more than 3,000 wood blocks which were necessary for the complete “Divine Comedy” with the participation and final approval of Salvador Dali for each of the 100 ngravings.
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