Color lithograph, dimensions: 56 x 36 cm; Velin d'Arches cotton paper produced in the Vosges in Arches,
printed on the presses of the master printer Jobin, lithograph made according to the lithographic process
involving printing, one drawing per color, one color per press pass, signed on the plate; dry
stamps of the publisher - Armand Georges Israel; On the lithograph typographically: l.d. "BY SPADEM 1983" and p.d. title.
composition.
Limited edition issued with the permission of Salvador Dali under his personal control. The Dalinian Horses series is listed
in the official catalog of Salvador Dali's graphic works published by Albert Fields.
Don Quichotte ou l'Éloge de la Folie is one of a series of works by Salvador Dali under the common title Dalinian Horses.
This series includes 18 lithographs with the horse as the main motif. The works include the following: Neptune (Neptune);
Pégase (Pegasus); Le Cheval de Troie (The Trojan Horse); Bucéphale (The Bucephalus); Le Chevalier Romain (The Cavalier
Roman); Le Centurion (Centurion); Le Cheval de Caligula (Caligula's Horse); Le Cheval de Triomphe (Horse of Triumph); Saint
Georges (Saint George); La Licorne (The Unicorn); Le Chevalier Chrétien (The Knight of Christianity); Lady Godiva; Le
Cheval de Course (Race Horse); Le Cheval de Labeur (Work Horse); Le Picador (Picador); Don Quichotte ou l'Éloge
de la Folie (Don Quixote - Praise of Madness);Le Cheval de la Mort (The Horse of Death); Le Cheval de Printemps (The Horse of the
Spring).
Salvador Dali's series of works known as "Dalinian Horses" is a quintessential example of Dali's fascination with the symbolism of the horse. Horses
were one of the motifs frequently used by Dalí in various works, as they represented for
him strength, freedom, elegance and the spiritual dimension of man.
Dali often referred to figures from Greek and Roman mythology, such as Pegasus and the horses of Helios pulling the
Sun's chariot. For him, the symbolism of the horse was universal and multidimensional. In "Dalinian Horses" one can see
also references to medieval art and the Spanish heritage from which he came.
As one of the leading Surrealists, Dali transformed familiar motifs into unusual, often bizarre forms. W
"Dalinian Horses" the horses are depicted in an unrealistic way - their silhouettes elongate, blurring the boundaries
between reality and dream. In this way, Dali explored the limits of imagination and the subconscious.
The "Dalinian Horses" series was executed in a variety of techniques, including lithography and printmaking, which allowed the artist to
experiment with different styles and effects. As a result, he was able to fully show the dynamic and dramatic
of the figure of the horse. In Dali's series, horses are not ordinary animals - they often hover above the ground, alluding to the
transcendence and the spiritual dimension of life. Their silhouettes are sometimes imbued with anxiety, while remaining
majestic. In Dali's work, the horse is a symbol of strength, but also of ambivalent emotions: freedom and ferocity, as well as
at the same time subjugation and oppression.
