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Salvador Dalí — Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé (La Fontaine's Bestiary Dalinized)

Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé (La Fontaine's Bestiary Dalinized)

Salvador Dalí's 'Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé (La Fontaine's Bestiary Dalinized)' is an ambitious printmaking project with multiple editions on various papers. The work combines Dalí's surrealist vision with classical literary sources through professional printmaking techniques.

Medium: All signed and annotated 'E.A.' in pencil (an artist's proof set, the edition was 250 on Japon, 250 on Arches, and 120 on Auvergne in Roman numerals), printed by Atelier Rigal, Paris, published by Mouret, Paris.
Spotted At: Auction House · Phillips

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Evening & Day Editions

September 12, 2019

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Hamilton Selway Gallery

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Salvador Dalí, Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé (La Fontaine's Bestiary Dalinized)

Salvador Dalí's 'Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé (La Fontaine's Bestiary Dalinized)' is an ambitious printmaking project with multiple editions on various papers. The work combines Dalí's surrealist vision with classical literary sources through professional printmaking techniques.

Medium: All signed and annotated 'E.A.' in pencil (an artist's proof set, the edition was 250 on Japon, 250 on Arches, and 120 on Auvergne in Roman numerals), printed by Atelier Rigal, Paris, published by Mouret, Paris.
Seen at: Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Surrealism, Bestiary, Fantastical, Imaginative, Dreamlike, Whimsical, Mid-Century, Lithograph, Animals, Spanish

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Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo