Salvador Dali, The Divine Comedy: The Devil Logician Canto 27, Engraving, 1970

About This Piece

Engraving by Salvador Dali for illustrating the Divine Comedy of Dante. This engraving is inspired by the Canto 27 of The Inferno. It represents the Devil Logician.

In 1950 the Italian government commissioned Dali to illustrate Dante Alighieri’s, Divina Commedia (1307) for a publication to mark the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth. Dali made 101 watercolours (1950 - 1959) illustrating each of the 100 cantos of Dante’s masterpiece plus one title page. But the Italian public was indignant that a Spaniard was to illustrate the work by their great national poet, it had to be done by an Italian.

Dali then presented his 101 watercolours to the French printer Jean Forêt, who agreed to publish the Divina Commedia text in French with Dali's illustrations. To this end, the watercolours needed be made suitable for printing.
It took 50 months (April 1959 - November 1963) to engrave the about 3500 woodblocks: on average 35 blocks were needed to render the rich colour palette of each of the 101 watercolours.
The work was published in 1970 in a print run of 4,765 copies at the publishing house Les Heures Claires. The complete set consists of 12 volumes: 2 for each of the three parts Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso and 6 full sets of decompositions.

Frame dimensions :
H : 17,3 inch
W : 14,6 inch.

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Period	1950 to 1959
Production Period	Unknown
Identifying Marks	This piece is attributed to the above-mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark
Style	Italian, Modernist, Surrealist
Detailed Condition	Good — This vintage/antique item may have some wear such as scratches and other signs of ageing.
Restoration and Damage Details	Light wear consistent with age and use
SKU	BXG-1541768
Materials	Engraving
Color	Beige, green
Width	51 cm 50.8 cm
Depth	3 cm 2.5 cm
Height	70 cm 69.9 cm
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