Salvador Dalí: The Smoke of Irascibility, Purgatory Canto 16, the Divine Comedy Books Image Size: 8

Image Size: 8

Reference: Field 57-1 p

alongside an art analysis by critic Georges Boudaille

Quin Snyder

Originating from the artist’s personal 1940 "War Diary" sketchbook

Salvador Dalí: The Smoke of Irascibility, Purgatory Canto 16, the Divine Comedy Books Image Size: 8Le Purgatoire, Canto 16 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