Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac – Scorpio
Date: 1967
Accession #: 2006.3.8
Medium: Color lithograph on Arches paper
Dimensions: sheet: 28 1/2 x 20 1/4 in., image: 25 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.
Acquired by: Bob & Barbara Woodward
About the Artwork: People of the Scorpio sign embrace destruction as it leads to new beginnings, as indicated by Nicolas Sokoloff, author of The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, which Salvador Dali illustrated in 1967. Scorpios are constantly on the move, changing their minds, and rethinking their decisions. Pablo Picasso, a famous Scorpio, once said that his favorite art movement was, “The next one.” (from: Sokoloff, Nicolas. The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. Paris: Trois Anges, 1969. p.56. Print.)