'Kumo', which translates to "The weaver spider" in Japanese depicts the story of a spider who transforms into a young woman to become a weaver to show her gratitude to a farmer who saved her life from a snake. This suite was created in 1974 by Salvador Dali in dry point etching, which is part of a collection of ten artworks that all represent and illustrate Japanese folk tales.
The present works, Japanese Fairy Tales suite highlights Dalí's ability to merge Japanese folklore with surrealist techniques, creating a unique cross-cultural experience that reflects his broader fascination with Eastern art and ideas. The suite is an extraordinary combination of Eastern mythology and Western surrealism, seamlessly blending different cultural elements. The masterful use of colours emote and allow us to feel the tone of the works with bright vivid colours creating a surreal, dreamlike state, strongly broken up by the red sharp injection of red alluding to the east.