Salvador Dalí

The portfolio, comprising ten etchings with drypoint and heliogravure, from the set of 11, some printed in colours or gilt, and multiples on card, metal, and plastic, 1973, each signed in pencil and numbered 204/210, with the notary's stamp and signature verso, also signed on the justification by the artist, publisher and editor, loose (as issued), printed by Ateliers Rigal, published by Audouin-Descharnes, Paris, on wove paper, with title page and text (with English translation), contained in the individual paper folders with text, within the original paper wrapper, Perspex case with cast metal telephone handle, locks and key

The full sheets, in good condition, some prints with occasional pale foxing, some with pale discoloration and occasional pale surface soiling, the plastic multiple (work N) with a horizontal tear at lower right sheet edge, occasional soft handling creases. The folders and wrapper with occasional pale foxing, some of the spines on the folders with broken creases and minor tears (the wrapper for the mirrored multiple with a 10.3cm tear), some folders with pale discoloration mostly along the spine, the Perspex case with a few minor surface scuffs.
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