MOISE ET MONOTHÉISME

These beautiful prints, based on one of Freud’s later works, were engraved on gold plates and printed on sheepskin.  Dalí deeply admired Freud and was highly influenced by his ideas on psychoanalysis, and often featured Freud and his works in his art.  In this text, Freud examines the nature of religion, its relationship to his theory of the Oedipus complex, and the similarity between paternal figures and divine ones.  In order to illustrate this text, Dalí intertwined erotic forms with other primitive symbolism, embracing many diverse religious creeds, and created bold images depicting Freud’s hypothetical non-Jewish Moses freeing the Hebrew people from slavery.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Date: 1975
Technique: lithographs from original gouaches + original engravings
Sheepskin size: 64 x 50 cm
Number of graphics: 10