Salvador Dalí

The complete portfolio, comprising ten etchings with drypoint and pochoir printed in colors, 1968, each signed in pencil and inscribed 'E.H.', a proof aside from the numbered edition of 175, hinged to tabs in the binding, on japon nacré paper, with title pages and justification, printed by l'Atelier Rigal, Paris and l'Atelier d'Art L'Ibis, Paris, published by Maurice Gonon, contained in the original tan suede-covered boards (10 prints)

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. All sheets with printer's creases at the edges, and most sheets with soft creasing at the top left corner. Several sheets with discoloration at the extreme left edge and faint areas of discoloration in the right margin. Several sheets with an occasional spot of faint surface soiling or a minuscule fox mark. The title page with ink residue from the artist's inscription on the opposite page. (The graphite signature on the justification page slightly smudged.) The boards in good condition with light wear at the corners.
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