© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026
© Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí - 2026

Description

Número de catàleg raonat OG:
OG 018
Propietari:
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí
Ens dipositari:
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí
Fons:
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres

The 1934 edition of Les Chants de Maldoror illustrated by Salvador Dalí was commissioned by the Swiss publisher Albert Skira during the artist’s Surrealist period. The thirty rotogravures and twelve vignettes that accompany the text reveal the profound affinity between the young artist and the doomed poet Isidore Ducasse, self-proclaimed Comte de Lautréamont (1846-1870), who died in obscurity at the age of twenty-six. Lautréamont’s most famous work, Les Chants de Maldoror, was admired by the Surrealists both for its spirit of rebellion against society and for the originality of its poetic language. The rhythmic and lyrical structure of the text finds its visual equivalent in the repetitive and symbolic associations in Dalí’s prints. The final edition, a masterpiece of Surrealist illustration, is considered a seminal work in the artist’s career. The numerous proofs preserved in Dalí’s estate document the long process of creation and evolution of the prints, which were printed in Paris by Roger Lacourière (engraving) and Philippe Gonin (typography). However, the publisher’s financial difficulties in 1934 affected production, with the final print run reduced to some 120 copies, instead of the intended 210 copies referred to in the colophon. A second edition of Les Chants de Maldoror, to complete the printing of copies pending since 1934, was finally published in 1973.

  1. Original prints (30)
  2. Associated graphic elements (39)