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Salvador Dalí
La Vénus aux Fourrures (Venus in Furs)
- Estimate
- £6,000 - 8,000♠
£24,375
Lot Details
Sixteen drypoints with hand-colouring in watercolour and gold paint, on japan paper, with full margins, the sheets loose (as issued) all contained in a linen-covered portfolio.
1969
all I. various sizes, largest 31.7 x 24 cm (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
all S. 38.5 x 28.5 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
portfolio 41.5 x 31 cm (16 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
all S. 38.5 x 28.5 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
portfolio 41.5 x 31 cm (16 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
All signed and numbered 29/145 in pencil, 15 with further embossed signature (there was also an edition of 294 on various papers), published by Graphik Europa Anstalt, Paris, all unframed, lacking the accompanying four vignettes.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Including La Femme au fouet (Woman with Whip); Femme tenant le voile (Woman Holding a Veil); La Botte violette (The Violet Boot); Femme à la chaussure (Woman with Shoe); Femme à genoux (Kneeling Woman); Le Torse (Torso); Les Négresses (Negresses); Femme à Cheval (Woman on Horseback); Femme-feuille (Leaf-woman); Les Aigrettes (The Egrets); Allée des Verges (The Lane of the Birches); Les Fesses piquantes (Piquant Buttocks); La Tête (The Head); Femme à la béquille (Woman with Crutch); Le Démon ailé (Winged Demon); and Homme baisant la chaussure (Man Kissing Shoe)
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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