3863 - after Salvador Dalí, "The Furies"

after Salvador Dalí, "The Furies" a rearing figure surrounded by flames, colour xylograph, c. 1960, signed "Dalí" in lead below the image on the left and inscribed "E. A." on the right, slight signs of ageing, framed with a passe-partout and behind glass, image dimensions approx. 25 x 17 cm. Artist information: 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.