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Set of four Lithographs by Salvador Dalí (1973) Printmaking by Salvador Dali
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Limited Edition (#1/250)
Printmaking,
Lithography
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- Dimensions Height 29.9in, Width 21.3in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Printmaking from $20,000 Surrealism
Size Europe: 76 × 54 cm (without frame) | 102 x 70 x 3 cm (with frame)
Edition: 111/250
4 lithographs from the famous series “Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel” (Pantagruel's Comical Dreams) by Salvador Dali, 1973, lithograph of gouaches and felt pencil on Japanese paper.
The collection created by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) consists of a series of phantasmagorical representations for the novels written in the 1530s by François Rabelais, narrating the adventures of two giants - Gargantua and his son Pantagruel - “The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua”. This book of tall tales, commonly known as Pantagruel, is chronologically the second volume of a series that follows the outlandish escapades of a family of giants.
The Surrealists examination of the human psyche and dreams reached new apices in the works of Salvador Dalí. In his “Songes” Dalí explored a deeply erotic dimension, studying the writings of Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902) and Sigmund Freud, and conceiving what he called the “paranoiac-critical method” to abet his creative process.
This sort of illustration on one-dimensional fields of color offers a sense of animation common to storytelling comics. “Les Songes” prove that Dalí was fearless and unapologetic. Even in the most vile, obscene subject matter—Dalí manages to find the sophistication in its humor. When it comes to Dalí, nothing is out of bounds.
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Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was one of the great eccentrics of his era, famous for his original ways of promoting his art. He showed talent already in his early childhood. He took lessons at the age of ten and exhibited his works at the age of fourteen. He created conscious self-promotion, the symbol of which remains to this day his characteristically curled mustache, which he wrapped when posing for photos. He did not complete any higher artistic studies because he believed that he was more competent in artistic fields than the professors who examined him. Two artists in particular left their mark on his work, namely Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. However, he was accused of greed and supporting fascism, which was not in line with the Parisian Surrealists' milieu. His work had been systematically gaining popularity since the 1930s, so in 1974 he was even able to open his own museum in his hometown of Figueres. He not only painted, but also photographed, designed, sculpted, and tried to act in films. He died of heart failure on January 23, 1989 in Figueres.
- Nationality: SPAIN
- Date of birth : 1904
- Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
- Groups: Contemporary Spanish Artists Artists presented by a gallery