Salvador Dalí – The Fallen Angel (Divine Comedy, Purgatorio)

Salvador Dalí — The Fallen Angel

From Dalí's monumental Divine Comedy series, The Fallen Angel is a haunting and lyrical woodcut from the Purgatorio — Dante's vision of redemption suspended between damnation and paradise. Published by Les Heures Claires, Paris, this edition is among the most ambitious collaborations between a literary masterpiece and a surrealist master's hand.

Dalí's stark woodcut technique transforms Dante's fallen figure into a swirling constellation of line and shadow, evoking both the weight of descent and the trembling possibility of ascent. A quietly powerful work that rewards close study.

• Artist: Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)
• Title: The Fallen Angel
• Portfolio: The Divine Comedy — Purgatorio
• Medium: Original woodcut print
• Sheet Size: 13 × 10 inches
• Framed Size: 17.75 × 15 inches
• Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris
• Edition: 4,765
• Signature: Unsigned, as issued
• Reference: Field, p. 197