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.
1976-77 Etching with drypoint and stencil in colors, on Japon nacré paper, with full margins. I. 14 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (36.8 x 50.5 cm) S. 22 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (57.2 x 76.8 cm) Signed and numbered 118/200 in pencil (there were also 300 on Arches and 50 hors commerce), published by Gelander/Monterniers and distributed by Gerschman and Editions de Francony, unframed.
