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SALVADOR DALI Hand Signed Etching Shakespeare 1968

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

Title: Troilus and Cressida from Shakespeare I, 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 "XXXII/XCV" (32/95) 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 six plate of the 15 etchings series.
Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. It was also described by Frederick S. Boas as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida. Throughout the play, the tone lurches wildly between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom, and readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how one is meant to respond to the characters.

Literature:
1. Michler, Ralf and Lupsinger Lutz. 1994. Dali Salvador,Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings Tome I, 1924-1980". Munich: Prestel-Verlag
Reference: Lupsinger, No. 277
2. Field, Albert, 1996. The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali. The Salvador Dali Archives, New York.
Reference: Field 68-7 K.

Condition: Very Good Condition