SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
The Three Graces, 1970s.
Technique: color etching with gold, paper
Numbering in pencil in lower left corner: 224/250
Dimensions: 40 × 25 cm, 58 x 40 cm (with frame)
Condition: good, paper without yellowing, light spots of foxing in margins
Surrealist reinterpretation of the classical subject of the three Graces - mythological daughters of Zeus, symbolizing beauty, grace and joy of life.
Dalí transforms the composition into a vision bordering on dream and sensuality. The transparent, ethereal silhouettes are shown with the artist's characteristic abbreviation and linear lightness.
The pastel color scheme is dominated by blues and pinks, with hand retouched gilding - typical of his prints from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Salvador Dalí - one of the most important representatives of Surrealism, born in 1904 in Figueres (Catalonia), died there in 1989. An extremely versatile artist: painter, graphic artist, writer, stage designer and eccentric, who gained worldwide fame thanks to his original personality and imagination. He became famous for his paintings full of dreamlike symbols, precisely painted with hyperrealistic detail. In parallel with painting, he created a rich body of graphic work - he illustrated the Bible, Dante' s Divine Comedy, Goethe's Faust and Boccaccio's Decameron, among others. Today, his works are in the world's most important museums, including MoMA in New York, the Reina Sofía in Madrid and the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres.
