Salvador DALI (1904-1989), Le Chevalier Romain (The Roman Cavalier) from the series: Les Chevaux de Dali (Dalinian Horses), 1983.

Color lithograph, dimensions: 56 x 36 cm; Velin d'Arches cotton paper produced in the Vosges in Arches, printed on the presses of the master printer Jobin, lithograph made according to the lithographic process of printing, one drawing per color, one color per press pass, signed on the plate; Publisher's dry stamps - Armand Georges Israel; On the lithograph typographically: l.d. "BY SPADEM 1983" and p.d. title of the composition.
Limited edition issued under the personal supervision of Salvador Dali.
The Dalinian Horses series is listed in the official catalog of Salvador Dali's graphic works published by Albert Fields.
This series includes 18 lithographs with the horse as the main motif. The works include the following: Neptune (Neptune); Pégase (Pegasus); Le Cheval de Troie (Trojan Horse); Bucéphale (Bucephalus); Le Chevalier Romain (Roman Cavalier); Le Centurion (Centurion); Le Cheval de Caligula (Caligula's Horse); Le Cheval de Triomphe (Horse of Triumph); Saint Georges (Saint George); La Licorne (The Unicorn); Le Chevalier Chrétien (The Knight of Christianity); Lady Godiva; Le Cheval de Course (The Racehorse); Le Cheval de Labeur (The Workhorse); Le Picador (The Picador); Don Quichotte ou l'Éloge de la Folie (Don Quixote - Praise of Madness);Le Cheval de la Mort (The Death Horse); Le Cheval de Printemps (The Spring Horse).
Salvador Dali's series of works known as "Dalinian Horses" is a quintessential example of Dali's fascination with the symbolism of the horse. Horses were one of the motifs frequently used by Dali in various works, as they represented for him strength, freedom, elegance and the spiritual dimension of man.
Dali often referred to figures from Greek and Roman mythology, such as Pegasus and the horses of Helios pulling the chariot of the Sun. For him, the symbolism of the horse was universal and multidimensional. Also evident in "Dalinian Horses" are references to medieval art and the Spanish heritage from which he came.
As one of the leading Surrealists, Dali transformed familiar motifs into unusual, often bizarre forms. In "Dalinian Horses," horses are depicted in an unrealistic way - their silhouettes elongate, blurring the boundaries between reality and dream. In this way, Dali explored the limits of imagination and subconsciousness, and wanted to fully show the dynamic and dramatic nature of the horse figure. In Dali's series, horses are not ordinary animals - they often hover above the ground, alluding to transcendence and the spiritual dimension of life. Their silhouettes are sometimes imbued with anxiety, while remaining majestic. In Dali's work, the horse is a symbol of strength, but also of ambivalent emotions: freedom and wildness, and at the same time subjugation and oppression.