Lot n° 72
Estimation :
180 - 210
EUR
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - Lot 72
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
But O Beautiful Dionysia, 1979
Original woodcut printed in color on Arches vellum
Signed on the woodblock in the lower left corner; unsigned and unnumbered in pencil, as published in the book
Dimensions:
+ Sheet: 55.5 × 37.5 cm (21.9 × 14.8 in.)
+ Image: approx. 27.3 × 21 cm (10.7 × 8.3 in.)
Condition: Very good condition. Barbs preserved on the right and bottom. Sheet very slightly yellowed. Unframed.
References: Michler & Löpsinger 1530; Field 79-2 F
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.
Dione, mother of Venus in the Homeric tradition, invoked by Ovid; Dalí sets the embrace against the backdrop of a Roman arena, evoking the theaters and circuses where the poet sends his students to seek love.
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