Salvador DALI
Unicorn
Colour litograph from the collection Les Chevaux de Dalì (1970-72), in which the artist represent historical and mythological horses.
Hand signed on the right bottom and marked E.A. (Epreuve d'Artiste) on the left bottom.
56 x 36 cm (22 x 14.2 inches)
This work is dedicated to the subject of a legendary creature: the Unicorn. White horse body with a single horn wrapped twisted in the middle of the forehead, symbol of wisdom and consciousness,
according to the Christian imagery only a virgin could tame the creature. That's why Dali is a young man kneeling at the foot of the unicorn, the symbol of purity itself.