Framed Salvador Dali Woodblock Print - The Divine Comedy, Canto 28 Purgatory - $500 - (Windsor, CA)
Original Woodblock Print by Salvador Dali The Divine Comedy, Canto 28 - Purgatory “The Divine Forest” Published by Les Heures Claires, Paris, France on BFK Rives paper Framed in 1.75" Gilt Plein Air frame, double silk mat w/ fillet and Museum Glass by Tru Vue Overall dimensions: 17"w x 20"d Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy series, based on Dante Alighieri's (1265-1321) famous poem, was illustrated between 1951 and 1960. Dali created 101 watercolor paintings to interpret the Divine Comedy, which were then reproduced using the woodblock/engraving method. With this technique, engravers carve each painting's image into a set of woodblocks, with each layer of a painting's color requiring a separate carved woodblock. The individual blocks are then printed layer by layer to recreate the image. The Devine Comedy collection of 101 paintings required over 3,500 individually carved blocks, with means each print required approximately 35 different woodblocks to create. Check out YouTube for more on this method of printing! The set of 101 original woodblock prints were then published in a bound book by Les Heures Claires, Paris, France in an edition size of 4,765. This print came from one of these books. The sheet measures approximately 13" x 10 1/3" with an image size of approximately 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" on BFK Rives paper. It has been expertly framed with archival-quality materials in a 1.75" gilt plein air frame with double silk matting, offsetting fillet and finished with Museum Glass by Tru Vue. Thanks for looking!
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