PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
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Salvador Dalí
Visage Surrealiste, for Aurélia
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- $8,000 - 12,000
$43,750
Lot Details
Extensively hand-colored drypoint, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
1972
I. 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (57.2 x 36.8 cm)
S. 29 1/2 x 22 in. (74.9 x 55.9 cm)
S. 29 1/2 x 22 in. (74.9 x 55.9 cm)
signed and annotated ‘Bon à Tirer' and `70 - P.C.' in pencil (one of two `good to print' impressions, the final portfolio edition totaled 300 and the artist decided to print with minimal colors), inscribed 'Epreuve en BAT faisant partie de notre collection' by Denise Rigal on the reverse, the completed portfolio was printed in just drypoint and published by Editions de Francony and Ateliers Rigal, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, unframed.
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Salvador Dalí
Spanish | B. 1904 D. 1989Salvador 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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