DALÍ, SALVADOR
Figueras/Spain 1904 - 1989
Title: Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis).
Date: 1968/69.
Technique: Portfolio with 11 coloured etchings, watercoloured on Japan. In the original red linen portfolio.
Depiction Size: Each: 32 x 24cm.
Sheet Size: 38,5 x 28cm.
Notation: Inscribed and numbered.
Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt (publisher).
Number: 116/145.
Condition:
Smells slightly mouldy. One sheet with slight bumping to two corners. One sheet with slight water stains. One sheet with two restored areas at one edge. Two sheets with occasional minimal foxing. Sheets each minimally to slightly discoloured. Verso traces of an old mounting. Inside of portfolio, occasional minimal foxing. Portfolio exterior with minimal rubbing. Otherwise in good condition.
This suite was published as a single edition by Atelier Robbe, outside the book edition without the vignettes.
Literature:
- Michler, Ralf/Löpsinger, Lutz W. (eds.): Salvador Dali - Das druckgraphische Werk 1924-1980, Oeuvrekatalog der Radierungen und Mixed-Media-Graphiken, Munich 1994, cat. rais. no. 298-318 k)
- Field, Albert (ed.): The official catalogue of the graphic works of Salvador Dalí, authorized by Dalí, New York 1996, cat. rais. no. 69-1.