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Remarkable illustration with Dalí's allegorical/surrealistic style.
Notice the figure of a laborer from the Ampurdán.
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| Image | 2001-Beijing-OctoberArts-01-007-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Salvador Dalí |
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| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's first sally with Phoebus and Aurora |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 2 |
| Subject |
2.1 First sally |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Offset |
| Color | In color |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | [Color plate 4] |
| Image Dimension | 107 x 132 |
| Page Dimension | 242 x 168 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote's first sally at dawn under the figures of Phoebus, spreading the golden tresses of his lovely hair over the vast surface of the earthly globe... and the beautiful Aurora leaving her jealous husband's bed...; notice other details from Cervantes' description: the pretty painted birds and the gates and balconies of the Manchegan Horizon (balustrade).
Remarkable illustration with Dalí's allegorical/surrealistic style. Notice the figure of a laborer from the Ampurdán. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration first published in NY: Random House, 1946. |