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L'Ampoule à incandescence (The Electric Lightbulb), for Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (American Inventions)
1975
Drypoint with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor and ink, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 20 x 14 3/8 in. (50.8 x 36.5 cm)
S. 29 7/8 x 22 3/8 in. (75.9 x 56.8 cm)
Signed and inscribed 'Bon a tirer' in pencil (the 'good to print' impression, aside from 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 margins, printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris, inscribed 'Epreuve rehaussée à la main par S. Dali pour essai en couleurs en BAT. Epreuve faisant partie de notre Collection Denise Rigal' by Denise Rigal in pencil on the reverse, including the Certificate of Authenticity from Archives Descharnes, unframed.
Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250