16 1/2" x 12 3/4" Archival Acid Free Paper Each prints has a signature from the plate. Archives Description: "Dali created 14 original images on stones in a variety of ways to get accidental markings to provide inspiration. He then painted on the prints from the stones." This work was hand printed back in 1957 and represents an early work by Dali. Story: Rushing to see what has happened, they find that Don Quixote is battling the giant in his sleep and has destroyed several of the innkeeper’s wineskins, which Sancho has mistaken for a giant’s head. "It is my wine skins that are slashed and my wine that runs about the floor here" Don Quixote, the protagonist of the novel, is a retired country gentleman nearing fifty years of age, living in an unnamed section of La Mancha He decides to go out as a knight-errant in search of adventure. He dons an old suit of armour, renames himself "Don Quixote de la Mancha," and names his skinny horse "Rocinante". He designates a neighboring farm girl, Aldonza Lorenzo, as his lady love, renaming her Dulcinea del Toboso, while she knows nothing about this. Don Quixote approaches another neighbor, Sancho Panza, and asks him to be his squire, promising him governorship of an island. In the course of their travels, the protagonists meet innkeepers, prostitutes, goatherds, soldiers, priests, escaped convicts, and scorned lovers. These encounters are magnified by Don Quixote’s imagination into chivalrous quests. Upon returning to his village, Don Quixote announces his plan to retire to the countryside. **Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha is a novel written by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age Don Quixote was cited as the "best literary work ever written".** Salvador Dali created excellent depictions of the story, as shown in the example above. Rare but Affordable. Call: 888-888-3254 Ext. 204 Email
