Park West Gallery proudly presents a special offer from the first officially licensed Harley-Davidson artist, Scott Jacobs . . .
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Park West Gallery customers provide lots of wonderful feedback about Park West artists and art auctions. We are proud to share the following compliments from some art collectors who recently enjoyed their Park West cruise art auction experience, especially meeting artist Leslie Lew at sea…
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“Dear Leslie: Jennifer and I just received both the matchbook sets you made for us and I have to tell you that they are wonderful. The Supermarket Series is great, but the unique piece you did for us is unbelievable.
We knew they would look good, but the detail you were able to get and the quality of the work is outstanding. Thank you so much for doing them for us! They will hang on our walls with pride. Look forward to hearing from you again.
I am sure you are off on another VIP event enjoying yourself and I hope they continue to go well for you.”
Phil & Jennifer W.
Sumter, South Carolina
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SOL LEWITT (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007)
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The Park West Gallery Dali Collection is one of the most thoroughly documented and authenticated collections of Salvador Dali artwork in the world. For over 40 years, Park West has been a reliable resource for authentic work from master Salvador Dali. Visit the Park West Gallery Dali website
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About the Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy suite consists of 100 color wood engravings created between 1960 and 1964 after 100 watercolors painted by Salvador Dali between 1951 and 1960. More than 3,000 blocks were necessary to complete the engraving process.
In the early 1950’s Salvador Dali was invited by the Italian government to commemorate the birth of Dante, Italy’s most famous poet, by producing a series of illustrations for a full-text, deluxe edition of Dante’s masterpiece, the Divine Comedy. Ultimately, the illustrations were not well received by the Italians, as it was deemed inappropriate for a Spanish painter (rather than an Italian painter) to have illustrated the work of Italy’s greatest poet.
Even though the project was dropped in Italy, Dali and French publisher Joseph Foretcontinued to pursue publication of the Divine Comedy. Mr. Foret acted as broker between Salvador Dali and Les Heures Claires, a French editing and publishing house that ultimately took full charge of the project.
The Engraving Process
Working in conjunction with Salvador Dali, Raymond Jacquet, with his assistant Jean Taricco, created the blocks necessary for the engraving process. While frequently referred to as “wood” blocks, they were actually a resin-based matrix.
Salvador Dali directly supervised the production of the works and gave final approval for each of the finished engravings.
Once the project was complete, all of the Divine Comedy blocks were destroyed. The engraving process required the block be cut, a single color applied, then printed to the substrate (e.g. paper, silk, etc.). The block was then cleaned and cut away for the next color.
As the engravings were made, the image was progressively “printed,” and the block was progressively destroyed. The process required great skill and resulted in works of spectacular beauty which cannot be reproduced in a manner that is not detectable as a reproduction, even to the casual observer.
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