Lot n° 73
Estimation :
180 - 210
EUR
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - Lot 73
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Ovid’s *The Art of Love*, double-page plate, 1978
Original etching printed in red, green, and black on Arches vellum
Signed and dated 1978 on the plate in the lower left corner; unsigned and unnumbered in pencil, as published in the book
Dimensions:
+ Sheet: 56 × 68 cm (22.0 × 26.8 in.)
+ Mount: approx. 39.5 × 49.5 cm (15.6 × 19.5 in.)
Condition: Good condition. Vertical center fold, as published (double-page spread). Yellow stain in the lower left margin. Handle remaining along the lower edge. Well-defined mount. Unframed.
References: Field 79-2; Michler & Löpsinger 933
Period: Published in 1979
Excerpt from Ovid’s *The Art of Love*, Centre Culturel de Paris, 1979, edition of 250 copies.
The only etching in the volume, alongside the double-page lithographed title page and the thirteen woodcuts: a draped figure holding a flower watches over a reclining nude, near whom a single flower springs forth.
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