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Dantes Inferno - Purgatory 29 (1959 - 1063)

Meeting of Dante and Beatrice

This Salvador Dali artwork is part of the Divine Comedy Series that Salvador Dali created. This is a wood engraving in color on Rives paper after a watercolor. One of 100 images from the "Divine Comedy". Hand-signed in pencil, lower right by the artist. Blindstamp of the editor, J. Estrade, lower left. Signed in pencil on the verso by Daniel David, the Director of Les Heures Claires and Eduard Fornes, former director of the publishing company L'Editorial Meditereanea. Published by Les Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, Paris.
The 100 wood engravings for the "Divine Comedy" were executed over a 14-year period from 1951 to 1964. From 1951-1960, Dali painted the 100 watercolors which were used as studies for the wood engravings. From 1960 - 1964, Raymond Jacquet created more than 3000 wood blocks which were necessary for the complete "Divine Comedy" with the participation and final approval of Salvador Dali for each of the 100 engravings.

Size of Painting: 13" x 10 3/8"

It comes Framed and Matted, along with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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