Lot 97
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Lot 97 Details
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Spanish
SONG OF SONGS OF SOLOMON (THE COMPLETE PORTFOLIO), 1971 [FIELD, 71-17]
King Solomon; The Kiss; The Shepherd; The King's Train; The Dovelike Eyes of the Bride; The Bridegroom Leaps upon the Mountains; The Beloved Looks Forth Like a Roe; The Beloved is as Fair as a Company of Horses; Thou art Fair, My Love, and Thy Breasts; The Beloved Feeds Among the Lilies; The Fruits of the Valley; Return, O Shulamite
Comprising 12 original colour etchings and gold dust on Arches watermarked paper, with full margins on folded sheets (text on left, print on right) with the blindstamp (LA) of the publisher Leon Amiel, New York on each sheet, and loose (as issued), each signed in pencil, each unnumbered. Numbered on the colophon edition, this being numbered 131/250. Tthere were also 6 copies on parchment and 44 copies on Japon paper, both in Roman Numerals, and 20 hors commerce designated A-T H.C). Printed by Jacques David, Paris. Original blue cloth-covered board folio and slipcase with cast lead medallion stamped by Hôtel des Monnaies, Avignon, title in green on the leather spine. One framed.
Plates 15.75 ins x 9.8 ins; 40 cms x 24.9 cms; Sheets 22.1 ins x 30 ins; 56.1 cms x 76.2 cms
Estimate $8,000-$12,000
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