When Dalí's lithograph "The Way to Wisdom (Drawer)" was printed, the eccentric artist was already in his mid-70s - and had long since become a Catholic. What does this enigmatic scene in front of the rock in an arid landscape show us? A divine being, an old man related to the artist himself? The drawer is a revealing motif, since it embodies for Sigmund Freud the hidden sexuality of women. Drawers appear again and again in Dalí's works. Its slightly open state could be an indication that its secrets have been revealed - and there is nothing more to worry about. But what did Dalí have to fear? After all, at the end of his days, he was called "the divine".
Plate 1 (of 4) from the Retrospective Suite,
The agony of love, the path of wisdom, the flowering of inspiration, the spear of chivalry.