Property from an Important Private Collection
68
Salvador Dalí
L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) (see M. & L. 581)
Estimate
$6,000–9,000
Sold For
$30,480
1973-75
Drypoint with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (52.1 x 41.9 cm)
S. 29 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (75.6 x 56.2 cm)
S. 29 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (75.6 x 56.2 cm)
Signed and annotated 'essai' in pencil (a unique proof before the hand-colored edition of 250 and 170 artist's proofs on this paper, the total edition was 1000), published by Euka, Paris, this work is recorded in Descharnes Archives under reference d5690, framed.