Salvador Dalì, Act III, Scene I, screen printing, 31x42 cm, from Romeo and Juliet, 1975

The screen-print is taken from the slipcase containing the ten illustrations Salvador Dalì realized in 1975, for the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare.
In the work here presented, the artist illustrates Scene I of Act III. The two characters facing one the other are Mercuzio and Tebaldo. Mercuzio, in order to defend the honour of his friend Romeo, challenge to a duel Tebaldo, who welcomes the challenge unsheating his sword. Despide the attempt of Romeo of separating them, soon the brave Mercutio would be struck by the sword of the opponent.
The screen-print is signed on the left bottom by Salvador Dalì, and it is presented in a velina carrying some verses of the illustrated scene:

“O mio nobile principe,
io posso scoprirvi tutto il corso avventurato
che condusse a questa contesa fatale”
(ACT III, SCENE I)