3860 - after Salvador Dalí, “The Forger”

after Salvador Dalí, “The Forger” Sheet 29 (Canto 29) from the cycle based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, see Michler/Löpsinger 1995, no. 1067, colour xylograph after a watercolour by the artist, 1960, inscribed ‘Dali’ in print, minor signs of wear, framed with a mount and behind an acrylic sheet, mount dimensions approx. 29 x 20 cm. Artist’s biography: born Salvador Dalí y Domènech, a leading Spanish painter, printmaker and illustrator (1904, Figueras - 1989, Figueras), from 1916 attended the Marist College; from 1922 studied at the Academia San Fernando in Madrid and at the Escuela Catalana in Barcelona; in 1928 travelled to Paris to visit Pablo Picasso; in 1929 joined the Surrealist group led by Breton, of which he was to become the most prominent member, married Gala in 1934 and travelled to the USA; worked in Portlligat near Cadaqués; following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, travelled to London and Italy; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from 1940 to 1948; upon his return, worked in Figueras and Púbol. Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, published by Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG, and the internet.