Salvador Dali, The Cross of Mars, 1964, Woodcut

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Salvador dali (1904-1989)

la croce di marte
(the cross of mars)

plate 13 from "la divina commedia" (the divine comedy), … Read more Salvador dali (1904-1989)

la croce di marte
(the cross of mars)

plate 13 from "la divina commedia" (the divine comedy), referring to paradise, chant 14

from the special italian edition of only 80 (out of a total edition of 2900) - see the image of the plaque attached to the portfolio

original colour woodcut on rives paper
executed in paris for the italian publisher, under the direction of master printer raymond jacquet for the italian edition

year: 1964
33 x 26 cm
signed in the plate
on the back: "paradiso tav. 13" (paradise, plate 13)

catalogue raisonné:
r.michler and l. W. Löpsinger
"salvador dali, catalogue raisonné of prints ii - lithographs and wood engravings 1956-1980" ref. 1119

great condition: full size (no trimming), never framed, minimal traces of time near the edges, original deckle bottom edge, no restoration

with certificate

important
plate signed: most of woodcuts from the divine comedy are unsigned, only the ones from special editions are signed (in the plate)
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this very artwork refers to paradise, chant 14, verse 104:

ché quella croce lampeggiava cristo

\. Christ
beam’d on that cross
(translator: reverend henry francis cary)

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the complex history of dali's divine comedy

in 1950, preparing to commemorate the 700th anniversary of dante alighieri's birth, the italian government commissioned the great catalan surrealist painter salvador dalí to illustrate the one hundred cantos of the divine comedy. This piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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