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 lithographicprocess of printing, one drawing per color, one color per press pass, signed on the plate; Publisher's dry stamps - Armand Georges Israel; On the lithograph typographically: l.d. "BY SPADEM 1983" and p.d. title of composition.
Limited edition issued by 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.
Le Picador is one of a series of Salvador Dali's works under the common title Dalinian Horses.
This series includes 18 lithographs with the horse as the main motif. The works are as follows: Neptune (Neptune); Pégase (Pegasus); Le Cheval de Troie (The Trojan Horse); Bucéphale (Bucephalus); Le Chevalier Romain (The Roman Cavalier
); Le Centurion (The Centurion); Le Cheval de Caligula (Caligula's Horse); Le Cheval de Triomphe (The Horse of Triumph); Saint Georges (Saint George); La Licorne (The Unicorn); Le Chevalier Chrétien (The Knight of Christianity); Lady Godiva; Le Cheval de Course (The Race Horse); Le Cheval de Labeur (The Work Horse); Le Picador (The Picador); Don Quichotte ou l'Éloge de la Folie (Don Quixote - Praise of Madness);Le Cheval de la Mort (The Death Horse); Le Cheval de Printemps (The Spring Horse).
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 Dali in his 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 or the horses of Helios pulling the chariot of the Sun. For him, the symbolism of the horse was universal and multidimensional. In Dalinian Horses; references to medieval art and the Spanish heritage from which he came are also evident.
Dali, as one of the leading Surrealists, transformed familiar motifs into unusual, often bizarre forms. In Dalinian Horses, horses are depicted in an unrealistic way - their silhouettes elongate, blurring the boundaries between reality and dream. In this way, Dali explored the boundaries 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 nature of the horse figure. In Dali's series, horses are not ordinary animals - they often hover above the ground, alluding to
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 wildness, and at the same time subjugation and oppression.
