![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the artist’s one hundred original watercolors were reproduced in this limited edition of graphic work which was published by the French editor Joseph Foret between 19, in collaboration with Éditions d’Art Les Heures Claires.ĭalí, familiar with The Divine Comedy from a young age, coveted the commission. Unfortunately, when the illustrations were completed, the commission was canceled due to diverse vicissitudes. In 1950, the Polygraphic Institute of the Italian State commissioned Dalí to illustrate The Divine Comedy in anticipation of the commemoration of the poet’s birth. During his nineteen years of exile, he wrote the Commedia in his native language, vernacular Florentine, instead of Latin: his Commedia is considered the first great work of Italian literature. This exhibition The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Salvador Dalí is presented exceptionally with a selection of little-known, though thematically related, drawings on the 700th anniversary of the death of the illustrious Florentine poet and philosopher.ĭante was expelled from Florence in 1302. L’acqua ch’io prendo già mai non si corse The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Salvador Dalí ![]()
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