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October 2631, 2019
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LOT 110

Lot 110

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Lot 110 Details
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish

FIVE PLATES (FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND), 1969 [FIELD 69-5]:
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE;
ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR;
WHO STOLE THE TARTS?;
THE RABBIT SENDS IN A LITTLE BILL;
THE MOCK TURTLES STORY

Five colour heliogravures of original gouaches on Mandeure paper, each signed in the plate; each print on the third page of a folded sheet within a folder with title and two pages of text. All copies were signed on the title page. From the edition of 2500 with text by Lewis Carroll. Printed by Ateliers Rigal and Nourisson, Paris. Published by Maecenas Press and Random House, New York. Each unframed.

Each Image/overall folded sheet 15.5 x 10.5 in — 43.2 x 29.2 cm; 22.8 x 16.9 in — 58 x 42.8 cm

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Lot Report

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Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Provenance:

Purchased in Edmonton in 2005 by the present Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

Albert Field, The Official Catalog of Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, The Salvador Dalí Archives, Ltd. (Astoria, NY, USA), 1996, p. 36, Cat. No. 69-5

CONDITION DETAILS

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