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DALI SALVADOR DALI Hand Signed Etching Shakespeare 1968

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DALI SALVADOR DALI  Hand Signed Etching Shakespeare 1968
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SALVADOR DALI 1904-1989
1904 - Figueras-1989 (Spanish)

Title: The Tempest, 1968

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on Japan nacre paper

Paper Size: 44.4 x 31 cm / 17.4 x 12.2 in

Image Size: 17 x 12.3 cm / 6.7 x 4.8 in

Additional Information: This Etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Dali" in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in roman numerals in pencil "XLV/XCV" (45/95) in the lower left margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 95 impressions in colours (there were a further 150 printed in without colours) in 1968 by Atelier Rigal and it was published by WUCUA.
This etching was part of the portfolio "Shakespeare I" illustrating some of the most famous plays by William Shakespeare. This etching is the fourth plate of the 15 etchings series.

Literature:
1. Michler, Ralf and Lupsinger Lutz. 1994. Dali Salvador,Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings Tome I, 1924-1980". Munich: Prestel-Verlag
Reference: Lupsinger, No. 270
2. Field, Albert, 1996. The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali. The Salvador Dali Archives, New York.
Reference: Field 68-7 D.

Condition: Very Good Condition. A slight discolouration of the paper due to a previous frame.