Salvador DALI: The Mystic Ladder, Original woodcut
Divine Comedy, Paradise 21, The Mystic Ladder, 1963
Woodcut
Unsigned
On BFK Rives vellum 32.8 x 26.4 cm
REFERENCES:
- Field catalogue raisonné p. 189 to 200
- Michler and Lopsinger Catalogue Raisonné #1126
INFORMATION: Published by Joseph Foret and Heures Claires, the Divine Comedy illustrated by Dali constitutes one of the monuments of publishing and one of the most famous works of the Master. It required the engraving of more than 3500 woodcuts and nearly 4 years of work (1960/63) and to render all the finesse of the illustrations created by Dali.
Excellent condition
Salvador Dali :
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is a surrealist painter, draughtsman, sculptuor, lithograph, writter, photographer from catalan origins. Born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, known as Salvador Dalí, Titled "Marqués de Dalí de Púbol" by the king of Spain in 1982.
He is considered as one of the major figures of surrealism and most famous painters of the 20th century.
His works are exhibited all over the world :
Fundació Gala - Salvador Dalí, Museo Patio Herreriano,The Thyssen Bornemisza Collection,The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) in Spain.
The Walker Art Center, The Dali Museum, The Broad Art Foundation, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, The Carnegie Museum of art, The National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Washington in The US.
The Kunsthaus Zurich and The KunstMuseum Bern in Switzerland. The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Museum of Fine-Arts in Canada.
The "Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto" (Italy), Das Museum Folkwang and The Museum Ludwig (Köln) (Germany), The "Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian" (Portugal), The "Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma" (Finland), Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (Iran), The Modern Museum - Moderna Museet (Sweden),
The "Centre Pompidou" - Museum of Modern Art (France), The Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), The Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice), The Tate Collection (UK), The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) (Australia) among many others...
