Salvador Dalí: The Neglectful Meets Violent Death, Purgatory Canto 6, The Divine Comedy kaufman Medium: Sericel with Color Background

Medium: Sericel with Color Background

Foret's Alternate Title: Le Songe de Dante (Dante's Dream)

His graphic editions often pushed the technical boundaries of the medium

Each original lithograph was executed through carefull collaboration with the legendary Mourlot Frères studio in Paris

Salvador Dalí: The Neglectful Meets Violent Death, Purgatory Canto 6, The Divine Comedy kaufman Medium: Sericel with Color BackgroundLe Purgatoire, Canto 6 Dante's Divine Comedy Illustrated by Salvador Dal This woodcut lithograph is from what is considered Salvador Dals most ambitious project, Dantes The Divine Comedy. Originally commissioned by the Italian government to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dantes birth, the project was eventually abandoned by the Italians, Dali pressed forward over a ten year period to paint 100 original watercolors illustrating the epic poem and