A formal edition of this print was never produced because it was too difficult for the printers to print 3-dimensionally, as Dali was envisioning. The painting of this image La Corbeille de pain is in the Teatro-Museo Dalí, Figueres, Spain
Salvador 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.
1967 Aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins. I. 13 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (35.2 x 39.1 cm) S. 19 3/4 x 26 in. (50.2 x 66 cm) Signed and inscribed `ESSAI.' in pencil (one of a few proofs aside from the edition of 10), printed by Atelier Rigal and inscribed 'Epreuve faisant partie de notre collection, Denise Rigal' on the reverse, framed.
