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Fine art by Salvador Dali "The Liars" (also known as The Barraters or The Corrupt) by Salvador Dalí. It is an original color woodcut print created in the 1960s as part of his renowned series illustrating Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy.
Artwork Details
Artist: Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Series: The Divine Comedy (specifically, Inferno, Canto 22)
Medium: Original color woodcut on BFK Rives paper
Year of Production: The series was largely produced between 1960 and 1963, with the prints published around 1964 in Italy or 1963 in France.
Edition: The print is numbered 14/150 in the lower left corner, indicating it is from a limited edition run.
Subject: The image illustrates a scene from the eighth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno, where the souls of the barraters (those guilty of fraud or corruption) are punished by being submerged in boiling pitch. |
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