SALVADOR DALI - 3 PROGRESSIVE DECOMPOSITION WOODCUT/WOODBLOCK ENGRAVINGS

SET OF 3 ORIGINAL DIVINE COMEDY COLOR WOODCUT/WOODBLOCK ENGRAVINGS SHOWING PROGRESSIVE COLOR STATES OF PURGATORY 15 "ENVY"

INCLUDES A SINGLE-COLOR EARLY STATE WOODBLOCK PRINT, AND A PLURAL-COLOR INTERMEDIATE STATE WOODBLOCK PRINT, BOTH UNSIGNED 

ALSO INCLUDES A FULL-COLOR FINAL STATE WOODBLOCK PRINT WITH TWO SIGNATURES, INCLUDING A DALI SIGNATURE IN THE BLOCK (WITHIN THE IMAGE), AND A SIGNATURE HAND SIGNED BY DALI IN PURPLE COLORED PENCIL IN THE LOWER RIGHT MARGIN 

ALL 3 WOODBLOCK PRINTS ARE PRINTED ON BFK RIVES PAPER - THE FULL-COLOR FINAL STATE WOODBLOCK PRINT IS DESIGNATED AS AN A.P. (ARTIST PROOF), ASIDE FROM THE NUMBERED EDITION OF 150

VERY NICE CONDITION - CONTINUALLY STORED FLAT IN A DARK ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT UV DETERIORATION 

IMPORTANT NOTE - The partial state woodblock prints are somewhat scarce since they are from Decomposition Prints that were only included in lower number Dali Divine Comedy Suites, numbered 1 through 865.  Suites numbered 866 through 4765 did not include Decomposition Prints.

REFERENCE - See page 192 of "The Official Catalog Of The Graphic Works Of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, The Salvador Dali Archives, 1966 which discusses Dali signing Divine Comedy woodblock prints in colors, red for Hell, PURPLE FOR PURGATORY, and blue for Paradise, aside from the numbered edition of 150, while staying at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City