Salvador Dalí - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, June 8, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Ateliers Rigal, Paris
    Private Collection, France

  • Literature

    see Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger 811

  • Catalogue Essay

    This work is registered in the Archives Descharnes under number D-5604 (a certificate has been issued and is available for purchase from the Archives Descharnes)

  • Artist Biography

    Salvador Dalí

    Spanish • 1904 - 1989

    Salvador Dalí was perhaps the most broadly known member of the Surrealist movement of the early twentieth century. Heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud, the avant-garde style explored consciousness and dream-like states through exaggerated landscapes and bizarre or grotesque imagery. Using the means of painting, sculpture, printmaking, film and literature, Dalí explored these ideas with a meticulous hand and inventive wit. 

    Although known for his role in Surrealism, Dalí was also a seminal example of celebrity showmanship and the cult of personality, a phenomenon that dominates popular culture today. Always a colorful and flamboyant presence with his signature cape, wide-eyed expression and trademark upturned waxed mustache, Dalí was a master of self-promotion and spectacle.

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La Machine à coudre, for Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (American Inventions) (The Sewing-Machine, for Homage to Leonardo da Vinci (American Inventions))

1975
Drypoint with extensive hand-colouring in gouache, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins,
I. 50.5 x 36.2 cm (19 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
S. 75.4 x 56.5 cm (29 5/8 x 22 1/4 in.)

signed and inscribed 'Bon a tirer' in pencil (the 'good to print' impression before the edition of 450 and 60 artist's proofs on Arches, published by Editions de Francony/Editions Graphiques Internationales), with further pencil annotations in the centre of the plate and in the lower margin, printed by Atelier Rigals, Paris, inscribed 'Epreuve rehaussée à la gouache par S. Dali pour essais couleurs. Epreuve faisant partie de notre collection' by Denise Rigal in pencil on the reverse, unframed.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £6,250

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 9 June 2016