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Salvador Dalí
After 50 Years of Surrealism
- Estimate
- £5,000 - 7,000♠
£37,500
Lot Details
The complete set of 12 drypoints with pochoir in colours, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins, with title page, colophon, original paper folders with text by André Parinaud, and original black linen-covered portfolio with title printed in silver on the spine.
1974
I. 40 x 30.2 cm (15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
S. 65.5 x 50 cm (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.) one horizontal
S. 65.5 x 50 cm (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.) one horizontal
All signed and numbered 'F28/195' in pencil, also signed in pencil and numbered in ink on the colophon (from the French edition of 195 with text in French, there was also an English edition of 195, both editions with 35 impressions in Roman numerals including a suite on Japon nacré, plus a few artist's proofs), published by Transworld Art, Fribourg, Switzerland (with their blindstamp), all drypoints and the title page framed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Including Flung Out Like a Fag-end by the Big-Wigs; Gala's Godly Back; Picasso: A Ticket for Glory; The Laurels of Happiness; The Curse Overthrown; The Great Inquisitor Expels the Saviour; Freud with a Snail Head; A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage; God, Time, Space, and the Pope; The Divine Love of Gala; Gala's Castle; and The Museum of Genius and Fancy
Provenance
Literature
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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