Color wood engraving on BFK Rives laid paper (watermark 1950s/60s). Signed in the plate. [1960].

Image: 25 x 18 cm, sheet ca. 33 x 26 cm. Framed & behind glass : 45.5 x 36 cm.

1 of 100 illustrations - sheet 67 - Purgatory, 33rd canto; from the series "The Divine Comedy" in honor of the 700th anniversary of the birth of the poet Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321). Verso traces of glue.

Spanish painter, graphic artist, writer and stage designer. He is one of the most famous painters of the 20th century and as one of the main representatives of Surrealism. "One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams." (Quote: SD, http://www.dalimuseum.de/zitate.php).

Literature : WVZ Michler/Löpsinger No. 1105.