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The Guardian Angels of the Valley

Rare Woodblock Print by Surrealist

SALVADOR DALI

Chant 8: And I saw descending from above two angels who bore two flaming swords...

Edition: Les Heures Claires (French Edition)

Size: 13 x 10 1/2 inches (Paper)

Paper: BFK Rives (Only half of all Divine Comedy prints actually contain the watermark. This is because on a large sheet of BFK Rives paper t were two watermarks--on diagonally opposite corners of the sheet. Each sheet was used to produce four prints. Thus 2 had them and 2 did not.)* This print does not have the watermark; however most of the accompanying pages have BFK Rives or Les Hueres Claires watermarks on them.

Condition: Excellent -- Never Framed

This comes with the pages in the book on watermarked paper as well (see photos). It also includes the title page for this (Chant Dix huitieme). Truly even the title page is frameable--you could frame the two as a doublet--side by side/title page and woodblock print).

*per The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali

TRULY A BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL PIECE. NO RESERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't miss the chance to buy a truly inspirational ORIGINAL DALI.

Page 17 of the 2006 edition of the Annual Print Price Guide to the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali by Bruce Hochman lists this piece as valued at $4,500 !!!

International buyers: Shipped via FEDEX: For shipping costs consult: Price it from US Postal Code 30809 and assume a 1 pound package. I am not responsible for customs. Some countries have attrocious customs regulations/fees. I ship--you are responsible after that.

The Divine Comedy is the most famous work of literature to come out of Italy. It is considered one of their national treasures. The work is divided into three sections, Hell, Purgatory and Heaven and consists of 100 chants. Dante is lost in the dark forest of sin, explores hell, purgatory and heaven in his attempt to find God. Virgil, the great Latin poet, guides him through hell and purgatory. Finally, the sweet and virtuous Beatrice welcomes him to heaven, w St. Bernard leads him to God. During his voyage, Dante meets mythological characters, each of whom personifies a sin or a virtue, and desciribes their punishments and rewards.

Purgatorio section 8: Darkness falls on the Valley of the Rulers. The spirits begin to sing an evening devotion, "Te lucis ante." Two angels take posts in the Valley to stand guard for the night. Although Dante cannot see their faces because they are so bright, he sees that the angels hold flaming swords and that their wings are green. Dante and Virgil take spots among the spirits for the night. One spirit, Nino Visconti, recognizes Dante and begs him to ask his daughter to pray for him because his wife no longer cares about him. Dante notices that three twinkling stars overhead have replaced the constellation of four that he had seen at dawn. Sordello spots a serpent snaking through the grass but the sound of angels wings, like those of a falcon, scare the serpent away. Visconti's companion, Conrad Malaspina asks Dante for news from his native land, Val di Magra. Although Dante has never been to this place, he has heard of it because its rulers are well known. Conrad prophesies that Dante will visit Val di Magra before "the sun [has] rested seven times."

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