The Temptation of St. Anthony by Salvador Dalí portrays temptation as a psychological and spiritual siege rather than a physical struggle, depicting Saint Anthony resisting a procession of grotesquely elegant symbols of desire, power, and corruption. The elongated, spindly-legged elephants carry erotic, material, and imperial structures that seem majestic yet impossibly fragile, suggesting that temptation appears overwhelming but rests on unstable foundations. Saint Anthony’s small, grounded figure counters this with humility and faith, emphasizing inner resistance over brute strength. By placing divine steadfastness against surreal excess, Dalí transforms a religious narrative into a modern allegory of the human mind under pressure, where temptation is not monstrous because it is ugly, but because it is seductive, elevated, and dangerously convincing.

Limited edition (2000) hand signed in pencil lithograph with "G DALI France" embossing on "BFK RIVES" watermarked paper. Numbered in pencil on front.

Technique: Lithograph 

Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm

Limited edition of: 2000

Embossing: G DALI France

Watermark: BFK RIVES INFINITY

Paper: Handmade paper Rives

Editor: Joplin France edition

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