90
L'Aéroplane (Aeroplane), for Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (American Inventions)
1975
Drypoint with extensive hand-colouring in gouache, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 36.5 x 50.7 cm (14 3/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
S. 56.5 x 76 cm (22 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Signed and inscribed 'Bon à tirer couleur' in pencil (the 'good to print' impression before the edition of 450 and 60 artist's proofs on Arches, published by Editions de Francony/Editions Graphiques Internationales), with further pencil annotations in the centre of the plate and in the lower margin, printed by Atelier Rigals, Paris, inscribed 'Epreuve pour essais couleurs en BAT pour Salvador Dali. Epreuve faisant partie de notre collection' by Nicole Rigal in pencil on the reverse, unframed.
Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625