Salvador Dali
SALVADOR DALI "ADAM & EVE" ETCHING, 1975
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is Surrealism's most accomplished and iconic practitioner. His work is eccentric, elaborate, and mysterious, with an avant-garde style that explores the depths of consciousness and dream-like states.
Prolific and endlessly inventive, Dali worked in almost every possible artistic medium; film, sculpture, photography, fashion and of course painting. Some of his earliest etchings date to the 1930's, as he worked in the graphic arts at the beginning of his career.
"Adam & Eve" comes from a series called "Our Historical Heritage." The portfolio depicts eleven events and historical figures from the Hebrew scriptures (the Torah or Old Testament), including Noah's Ark, Joseph, Moses, and more. This portfolio emphasizes Dali's influence by religious themes, and is created with his signature mastery and style.
This etching depicts the pivotal moment in the biblical story, when temptation strikes Adam and Eve, as they sit in the Garden of Eden and are lured to the lustrous forbidden fruit hanging from the tree of knowledge. Eve's hand wraps around the apple while Adam's reaches for it, as the serpent watches the events unfold from his perch among the branches.
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"Adam and Eve"
From Our Historical Heritage (complete portfolio is 11 works)
1975
Drypoint etching plus colouring by pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper
Signed and editioned in pencil along lower edge
Edition number 142 of 400 (part of a tirage of 700, variously editioned, aside from proofs)
Published by Leon Amiel, Paris and New York
25"H 15.25"W (work)
33"H 25"W (framed)
Overall good condition. Detailed condition report by request.
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