Salvador Dalí – Joshua Brave in War

Title: Joshua Brave in War

Portfolio: Biblia Sacra Suite 

Medium: Lithograph in Colors on Handmade Paper

Year: 1967

Sheet Size: 13 3/4" x 19"  |  Frame Size: 20.5" x 26"

Edition Number: 1239/1499

Ref: Field 69.3 1-20

Joshua Brave in War is a bold color lithograph from Dalí's monumental Biblia Sacra suite — one of the most ambitious graphic projects of his career. Completed in 1967 and comprising illustrations drawn from both the Old and New Testaments, the portfolio reflects Dalí's deep and lifelong engagement with sacred narrative, rendered through his unmistakable surrealist vision. Here, the warrior Joshua — conqueror of Canaan and embodiment of divine courage — is transfigured into a figure of mythic intensity, his valor charged with the hallucinatory energy that Dalí brought to every biblical subject he touched.

Printed in colors on handmade paper and presented in a substantial edition of 1,499, this impression — numbered 1239 — is catalogued as Field 69.3 1-20, situating it within the authoritative scholarly record of Dalí's graphic work. The Biblia Sacra suite remains one of the most collected and widely admired of his print portfolios, prized for its narrative ambition, chromatic vitality, and the sheer scope of its vision.

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) stands as one of the most iconic and provocative figures of the twentieth century. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí became the defining voice of Surrealism, channeling the imagery of dreams, desire, and the subconscious into paintings, sculptures, and prints of extraordinary technical mastery. His printmaking practice — spanning etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts — allowed him to reach collectors worldwide, translating his hallucinatory vision into intimate, hand-signed editions. Works such as The Persistence of Memory cemented his place in art history, while his graphic suites demonstrated a virtuosity and wit that remain unmatched. Dalí's prints are held in major museum collections globally and continue to command significant attention at auction and in the finest private collections.