Salvador Dali

Description Salvador Dali
Salvador DALI
Brother Ogrin, the Hermit, 1970
Color etching from the series "Tristan and Isolde"
Signed on bottom right
Numbered 99/125 on bottom left
40 x 26,5 cm

Work by the surrealist master Salvador Dalì from the book Tristan and Iseult, written by Andre Mary and illustrated by the Catalan artist with 21 color etchings. This work represents the hermit
named Ogrin, character that has an important role in the story: Tristan and Iseult, the two lovers, ask Ogrin to organize a dignified return to the court of king Marco, Isolde's husband. The
artist
uses few lines to represent the thin and naked hermit, sat in front of a cavern with a cross as symbol of redemption.