Lot Essay
Dali based his series on seven plates from Picasso's famous series La Tauromaquia (see lot 96), which he re-interpreted in a surrealist vein.
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Tauromachie Surréaliste
Details
SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)
Tauromachie Surréaliste
the complete set of seven etchings and aquatints with extensive hand-colouring, 1966-67, on Japon nacré paper, each signed in pencil, numbered LXXVII/C (there was also an edition of 250 on Arches wove paper), published by Pierre Argillet, Paris, 1970, each with the blindstamp Dali, the full sheets, with deckle edges on all four sides, in very good condition, loose (as issued), in the original blue and brown cloth-covered folder with the artist's signature in gilt on the front (portfolio)
Plate 318 x 412 mm., Sheet 510 x 660 mm.
685 x 545 mm. (overall)
Tauromachie Surréaliste
the complete set of seven etchings and aquatints with extensive hand-colouring, 1966-67, on Japon nacré paper, each signed in pencil, numbered LXXVII/C (there was also an edition of 250 on Arches wove paper), published by Pierre Argillet, Paris, 1970, each with the blindstamp Dali, the full sheets, with deckle edges on all four sides, in very good condition, loose (as issued), in the original blue and brown cloth-covered folder with the artist's signature in gilt on the front (portfolio)
Plate 318 x 412 mm., Sheet 510 x 660 mm.
685 x 545 mm. (overall)
Literature
Michler & Löpsinger 154-160; Field 70-11
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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