Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac – Capricorn
Date: 1967
Accession #: 2006.3.5
Medium: Color lithograph on Arches paper
Dimensions: sheet: 28 1/2 x 20 1/4 in., image: 25 1/8 x 18 3/4 in.
Acquired by: Bob & Barbara Woodward
About the Artwork: Capricorns are known to push people away, according to Nicolas Sokoloff, author of The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, which Salvador Dali illustrated in 1967. Although cold and closed off, Sokoloff mentions that underneath their hard-shell, people of this sign, such as Matisse, Cezanne, and Utrillo, are strong and lose themselves in their work. (from: Sokoloff, Nicolas. The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. Paris: Trois Anges, 1969. Print.)