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SALVADOR DALI H.Signed Etching Surrealism Nude 1975

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SALVADOR DALI H.Signed Etching Surrealism Nude 1975
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SALVADOR DALI 1904-1989
1904 - Figueras - 1989 (Spanish)

Title: Venus of the Constellation with Picador, 1975

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Drypoint Etching Japan paper

Paper size: 76.5 x 57.5 cm / 30.1 x 22.6 in

Image size: 63 x 43 cm / 25.2 x 17.3 in

Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right margins.
It is also hand inscribed in pencil "H.C" (Hors Commerce / Out of Trade) at the lower left margin.
Our impression is one of the only 15 H.C proofs that were printed.
The work was published by Poligrafa, Barcelona in 1975 in a limited edition of 375 hand signed and numbered impressions on different papers.
Our impression is one of the printer proofs that remained with the publisher.
It was printed by Atelier Rigal.
This work was created in honour of Dali's 1975 important biography by Luis Romero.

Provenance: Purchased directly from Editions Poligrafa, Barcelona by the current owner.

Literature:
1. "Dali Salvador, Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings Tome I, 1924-1980", by Ralf Michler and Lutz Lupsinger
Reference: Michler/Lupsinger no. 790
2. Field, Albert, 1996. The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali. The Salvador Dali Archives, New York.
Reference: Field 74-17 B

Condition: Very good condition. Some minor handling marks in the margins.