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Salvador Dalí
Surrealistic Flowers
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- £5,000 - 7,000‡♠
£9,375
Lot Details
Twelve heliogravures in colours with captions from the portfolio of fifteen, on Arches paper, with full margins,
1972
all I. 56.4 x 38.4 cm (22 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
largest S. 75.7 x 55.7 cm (29 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
largest S. 75.7 x 55.7 cm (29 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
all sheets signed and numbered variously from the edition of 350 in pencil, published by Editions Graphiques International, Paris, all 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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