Don Quijote - Off to Battle
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989)
Lot-No. 404
Proceeds : 400 €
Etching and aquatint in colours/Arches, 39 x 43,5 cm, lo. ri. autographed Dalí, lo. le. num. G 111/125, lo. ri. blind stamp Dalart 1981, unframed. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Field 80-1L; Michler/Löpsinger 940. - Multitalented spanish artist, main exponent of surrealism. He studied at the Madrid Academy a. was initially influenced by the 'pittura metafisica' of de Chirico and Carrà. During a Paris trip in 1929 he affiliated at the surrealist A. Breton. Freuds theories of interpretation of dreams fostered D.s inclination to the fantastac a. surreal. Some of his motifs are among the most famous and popular creations of modern art. Mus.: Figueres, St. Petersburg (Florida), Zürich a. others. Lit.: Etherington-Smith, Salber, Schiebler, Michler/Löpsinger 'S.D. - Catalogue raisoné of etchings and mixed-media prints, 1924-1980' (1994) a. others.
Salvador Dalí: Don Quijote - Off to Battle
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989)
Don Quijote - Off to Battle
Lot-No. 404
Proceeds : 400 €
Etching and aquatint in colours/Arches, 39 x 43,5 cm, lo. ri. autographed Dalí, lo. le. num. G 111/125, lo. ri. blind stamp Dalart 1981, unframed. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Field 80-1L; Michler/Löpsinger 940. - Multitalented spanish artist, main exponent of surrealism. He studied at the Madrid Academy a. was initially influenced by the 'pittura metafisica' of de Chirico and Carrà. During a Paris trip in 1929 he affiliated at the surrealist A. Breton. Freuds theories of interpretation of dreams fostered D.s inclination to the fantastac a. surreal. Some of his motifs are among the most famous and popular creations of modern art. Mus.: Figueres, St. Petersburg (Florida), Zürich a. others. Lit.: Etherington-Smith, Salber, Schiebler, Michler/Löpsinger 'S.D. - Catalogue raisoné of etchings and mixed-media prints, 1924-1980' (1994) a. others.
