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Salvador Dalí
Song of Songs
- Estimate
- $7,000 - 10,000
$11,875
Lot Details
The complete set of 12 etchings with stencil coloring and gold gilding, on Arches paper, with full margins, folded (as issued), with title, colophon and text pages, all contained in the original blue cloth-covered portfolio.
1971
all S. 22 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (56.2 x 37.8 cm)
All signed and numbered 50/250 in pencil (there were also I-VI on parchment; VII-L on Japanese paper and 20 hors commerce numbered A-T), published by Leon Amiel, New York (with blindstamps).
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Including: King Solomon; The Kiss; The Shepherd; The King's Train; The Dovelike Eyes of the Bride; The Bridegroom Leaps upon the Mountains; The Beloved Looks Forth Like a Roe; The Beloved is as Fair as a Company of Horses; Thou art Fair, My Love, and Thy Breasts...; The Beloved Feeds Among the Lilies; The Fruits of the Valley; and Return, O Shulamite.
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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