Fine Prints and Photography Auction

March 11, 2014

LOT 130

Lot 130

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Lot 130 Details
Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Spanish

HEAVEN CANTO 30 (FROM THE DIVINE COMEDY)

Colour woodcut; signed and numbered 6/150 in blue coloured pencil
Plate 9.5" x 6.75" — 24.1 x 17.1 cm.; 13" x 10.25" — 33 x 26 cm.

Estimate $500-$700

Realised: $960
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
  • Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
  • Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
  • Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
  • Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Provenance:

From the Vincent Price Collection, inventory number GB61824 to the Vincent Price typed label verso

Literature:

“The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali” by Albert Field; pub. by The Salvador Dali Archives: NY: 1996; illustrated p. 200

Note:

From the French editions of the Divine Comedy, published by Joseph Foret which included L’Enfer (Hell) in red, La Purgatoire (Purgatory) in purple, and Le Paradis (Paradise) in blue, hence Dali’s signature in blue pencil.

CONDITION DETAILS

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