Salvador Dalí's Artworks

"The Divine Comedy," 1951, by Salvador Dalí. Lithograph on Vélin d’Arches paper. Printed by Les Éditions d’Art Les Heures Claires, Paris, 2006.

  • Dimensions: 85 × 73 × 6 cm (overall), 40 × 30 cm (sheet). Price: €3,000.

    Signed in the plate. Edition of 350 copies. Blindstamp in the lower left corner and watermark “Les Heures Claires.”

  • Dalí’s The Divine Comedy is one of his most renowned series, offering a surrealist interpretation of Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece. Created in the 1950s, the series combines Dalí’s dreamlike universe with the three classical canticles: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise.

    In 1950, the Italian government under Alcide De Gasperi commissioned Dalí to produce illustrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth (to be celebrated in 1965). The choice of a Spanish artist sparked controversy in Italy, leading to the official cancellation of the project. Dalí, however, continued independently and completed the series.
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"Three Shakespearean Faces," 1940, by Salvador Dalí. Pen and brush with sepia ink on paper. 52 × 43 cm (framed: 29.3 × 20.5 cm).

  • Certified by Robert Descharnes, Paris, 1989, Ref. D-1460/574.

    Bibliography: VV. AA., Ed. Siecle Librairie Dreyfus-Valette / Thomas-Scheler, Paris, p. 98.

  • This work belonged to Cécile Éluard-Boaretto (1918–2016), Dalí’s stepdaughter (daughter of Gala [Ivanovna Diakonova] and the Surrealist poet Paul Éluard). It was most likely created during Dalí’s stay with Gala at the Hotel del Monte in Monterey, California, in 1941. The illustration was found among Cécile’s estate after her passing; her remains rest alongside those of her stepmother, Nusch Éluard, in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
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"The Divine Comedy," 1951, by Salvador Dalí. Lithograph on Vélin d’Arches paper. Printed by Les Éditions d’Art Les Heures Claires, Paris, 2006.

  • Dimensions: 90 × 80 × 6 cm (overall), 40 × 30 cm (sheet). Price: €3,000.

    Signed in the plate. Edition of 350 copies. Blindstamp in the lower left corner and watermark “Les Heures Claires.”

    Dalí’s The Divine Comedy is one of his most celebrated series, presenting a surrealist interpretation of Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece. Created in the 1950s using illustration and printmaking techniques, the series merges Dalí’s dreamlike universe with the three classical canticles: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise.

  • In 1950, the Italian government under Alcide De Gasperi commissioned Dalí to produce illustrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth (celebrated in 1965). The choice of a Spanish artist sparked controversy in Italy, leading to the official cancellation of the project. Dalí, however, continued independently and completed the series.
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About Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí i Domènech (1904-1989) was a Catalan painter who was a key figure in Surrealism. Aided by impactful images and his extravagant imagery, Dalí became, thanks also to his extraordinary technique, one of the most iconic and important artists of the 20th century. One of his usual themes was the representation of mixtures of diverse images and figures under an erotic vision. His influence is not limited to painting, we can also find the Dalí-eclecticism in sculptures, engraving, and in collaborations with artists from other disciplines like Alfred Hitchcock or Elsa Schiaparelli. The cultural training acquired during his lifetime made Dalí a great mind that combined art with the psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud and the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein. If we speak about Dalí, we cannot forget key elements of his imagery like the great elephants with long legs, the eggs or various insects like ants or flies. All this creation of the Dalí figure, including his mind, allowed him to become an international figure and a socialite in cities like London, Paris or New York.

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