Untitled Plate (facing page 52) from
The Songs of Maldoror (Les Chants de Maldoror)
Artist
Salvador Dali
(Spanish, 1904 - 1989)
Date1934
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/16 x 9 15/16 in., (33.2 x 25.2 cm,)
Image: 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineGift of Edward W. Root
Object number53.19
Description On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightPresumed copyright: the artist or the artist's representative/heir(s) / Licensing by ARS, New York, NY.
Label TextThe year Dalí had his first show in the United States he made a series of illustrations for The Songs of Maldoror (1868-69), a poetic novel by Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) about Maldoror, an unrepentant misanthrope. Dalí's illustrations are not based on specific scenes described in the novel but, instead, present hallucinogenic visions; in this case a partially dismembered human figure whose limbs are supported by crutches in a landscape of infinite distance.
PDS
May 2012
