Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

The Divine Comedy: The Followers of Simon

Details

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
The Divine Comedy: The Followers of Simon
signed and dated 'Dalí 1951' (lower center)
watercolor, pen and ink over pencil on paper
16 5/8 x 11½ in. (42.2 x 29.2 cm.)
Painted in 1951

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 May 1999, lot 448.
Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1999.

Literature

R. Descharnes and G. Néret, Salvador Dalí, The Paintings, Cologne, 1995, vol. II, p. 765, no. 996 (illustrated, p. 449).

Lot Essay

In 1951, Dalí began to work on a planned commemorative print series honoring the Italian poet Dante Alighiere and his masterpiece The Divine Comedy. The final series consisted of 100 prints (one print for each canto) as well as one cover print. The prints were commissioned by Joseph Foret and were executed in Paris from 1959 to 1963 as wood engravings. The Followers of Simon was executed as a maquette for the print.

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