Salvador Dalí
La Divine Comédie (The Divine Comedy) (M&L 1039-1138; Field p.190)
Salvador Dalí's illustrated edition of Dante's Divine Comedy comprises 65 colorful woodcuts distributed across six volumes, published in 1960 by the Florence based Arti e Scienze and limited to an edition of 2900 copies. Each volume is handsomely bound in cream boards and includes the complete text alongside Dalí's surrealist interpretations of Dante's medieval narrative. This incomplete set represents a significant undertaking in twentieth century printmaking, combining classical literature with modernist visual language through the medium of color woodcut.
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- The set of six volumes, incomplete, 1960, comprising 65 woodcuts printed in colours, with title page, text and justification, from the edition of 2900, published by Arti e Scienze, Salani, Florence, the full sheets bound within cream boards, each volume 341 x 271x 43mm (13 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 1 3/4in) (vol) (6), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Taureaux, Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500, David Hockney (b.1937) Hockney's Alphabet, Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000, Henri Mat
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Prints & Works on Paper 1500-2026
March 31, 2026
Lot 221
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