Lot n° 71
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180 - 210
EUR
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - Lot 71
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
The Young Icarus, 1979
Original woodcut printed in color on Arches vellum
Signed on the plate in the upper left; unsigned and unnumbered in pencil, as published in the book
Dimensions:
+ Sheet: 55.5 × 37.5 cm (21.9 × 14.8 in.)
+ Image: approx. 27 × 21 cm (10.6 × 8.3 in.)
Condition: Good condition. Mounting margins preserved on the right and bottom; small losses to the mounting margins at the bottom left. Unframed.
References: Michler & Löpsinger 1525–1538; Field 79-2
Period: after a 1976 watercolor; engraved and printed by Matthieu, Zurich, 1978; published in 1979
Excerpt from Ovid’s *The Art of Love*, Centre Culturel de Paris, 1979, limited edition of 250 copies.
Ovid recounts the story of Daedalus and Icarus in Book II of *The Art of Love*; Dalí depicts the winged, pensive figure, while a spectral silhouette rises behind her.
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