Salvador Dalí

The complete suite, comprising 11 etchings with drypoint and heliogravure, some printed in colors or gilt, and multiples in card, metal and plastic, 1973, each signed in pencil and inscribed I/L, with the notary's stamp and signature on the versos, from the edition of 50 on large format japon nacré published without the briefcase box, by Audouin Descharnes Éditeurs, Paris, contained in the original brown cloth-covered boards and portfolio (11 prints)

The full sheets, in good condition. The portfolio has occasional minor surface soiling and wear, slight separating at the lower corners. Minor imperfections in the multiples are as follows: L'Immortalité de l'impérialism génétique (M./L. 570) - the corners of the red card are slightly worn. L'Immortalité de Castor et Pollux (M./L. 572) - infrequent tiny foxing in the upper portion of the sheet recto, occasional minor surface soiling and a few handling creases at the sheet edges. Anamorphose des anamorphoses et tout est hologrammophose (M./L. 575) - the two lower tabs are worn where they push into the slots to construct the box. L'Immortalité stéréoscopique et stéréochimique de la monarchie (M./L. 577) - two surface smudges on the mirror, occasional nicks at the edges of the blue card.
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