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LOT 133

Lot 133

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Lot 133 Details
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish

HEAVEN, CANTO I (PARADISE FROM THE DIVINE COMEDY), BOOK EDITION, 1960-1962-1964 [FIELD, PGS. 189-200

Colour woodcut on BFK Rives watermarked paper; signed "Dali" in blue crayon lower right, numbered 3/150 in blue pencil to lower left margin, inscribed "paradise I" in pencil to the bottom edge verso
Block 9.8 ins x 7.1 ins; 25 cms x 18 cms; Sheet 13.4 ins x 9.8 ins; 34 cms x 25 cms

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $1,140
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Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
  • Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

Albert Field, "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali," pgs. 189-200.

Note:

The prints on B.F.K. Rives were made in Paris. In New York City, Dali signed 150 sets of prints in coloured pencils: red for Hell; purple for Purgatory and blue for Paradise. Dali signed them in the window of the F.A.R. Gallery on Madison Avenue. Abe Lublin provided the Collectors Guild in New York City with 150 sets which Dali had signed in colour. (Field, p. 192).

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