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

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 9 June 2016

  • Literature

    Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger 209

  • 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.

    View More Works

84

Salvador Dalí

Les petits chevaux, from Poèmes de Mao Tse-Tung (The Little Horses, from Poems by Mao Zedong)

1967
Heliogravure reworked in drypoint, on Chinois ancien paper, with full margins,
I. 24 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
S. 38.5 x 28.5 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
signed, dated '1967' and inscribed 'Hommage de Messonier' in black ink with extensive additional ink drawings and embossed signature, one of four unnumbered impressions with additional ink drawings aside from the edition of 229, published by Argilet, Paris, framed.

Estimate
£7,000 - 9,000 ♠

Sold for £8,750

Contact Specialist
Robert Kennan
Head of Sale
London
+44 207 318 4075

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 9 June 2016