Salvador Dalí - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, June 10, 2015 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 11 June 2015 2pm & 6pm

  • Literature

    Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger 537, 538, 541, 545, 546 and 551

  • Catalogue Essay

    Including Gladiolus cum aurium corymbo expectantium; Lilium aurancacium et labra barocantia; Anemone per anti-pasti; Dahlia rapax; Hermerocallis thumbergii elephanter furiosa and Kniphofia aprodisiaca;

  • 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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Lot offered with No Reserve

Salvador Dalí

Surrealistic Flowers: six plates

1972
Six heliogravures in colours with script, on Arches paper, with full margins,
all I. 56.5 x 38.4 cm (22 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
all S. 75.2 x 55.2 cm (29 5/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
all sheets signed and numbered variously from the edition of 350 in pencil (there was also an edition of 350 with drypoint additions and without script), published by Editions Graphiques International, Paris, all unframed.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠

Sold for £3,750

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 11 June 2015 2pm & 6pm