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Purgatory Canto 22 - Prodigality

Name: Purgatory Canto 22 - Prodigality | Salvador Dali
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 84447

Salvador Dali

$2,500

Spanish (1904–1989)

Portfolio: The Divine Comedy
Date: 1964
Woodcut, signed and numbered in red pencil
Edition of 126/150
Image Size: 9.75 x 7 inches
Size: 13 x 10.25 in. (33.02 x 26.04 cm)
Frame Size: 20 x 17 inches
Printer: Ateliers Jacquet/Taricco
Publisher: Forêt/Les Heures Claires/Editions Orangerie Reinz
Reference: Michler & Lopsinger 1094

$2,500

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about Purgatory Canto 22 - Prodigality

Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Purgatory Canto 22 - Prodigality.

Portfolio: The Divine Comedy, Year: 1964, Medium: Woodcut, signed and numbered in red pencil, Edition: 126/150, Size: 13 x 10.25 in. (33.02 x 26.04 cm), Frame Size: 24 x 20 inches, Printer: Ateliers Jacquet/Taricco, Publisher: Foret/Les Heures Claires/Editions Orangerie Reinz, Reference: Michler & Lopsinger 1094, Description: Prodigality refers to the vice of wasting large swaths of money, time, energy, or other expendable resources. In Dante's "Purgatorio", Canto 22 - the author is guided by Statius and Virgil through a level where those who hoarded or spent excessively were all made to do penance for their sin. In Dali's image, two nude figures pose in agony as their excess manifests on their bodies. This is likely a visual pun by Dali, as "prodigious" can also refer to how well-endowed a person can be. This woodcut is signed and numbered in red pencil and nicely framed in gold.

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About The Artist: Salvador Dali

Salvador Dalí was born in May 11, 1904 in the small agricultural town of Figueres, Spain. Figueres is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees, only sixteen miles from the French border in the principality of Catalonia. The son of a prosperous notary, Salvador Dalí spent his boyhood in Figueres and at the family's summer home in the coastal fishing village of Cadaques where his parents built his first studio. As an adult, he made...

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About The Medium: Woodcut

A relief process in which the image is cut in a block of wood with tools such as knives, goughers or chisels. The image is inked with a roller, paper is applied to the surface and the back is then rubbed by hand or with a rubbing tool, transferring the image to the paper.

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