Dali, Salvador

Sheet of heavyweight mulberry Kozo paper with original sketches and  autograph manuscript text in French, (24 x 18 in.; 605 x 459 mm), [New York, ca. 1955] Accompanied by: Autograph letter signed, 4 pages (7 x 5 1/4 in.; 179 x 134 mm), in French, on stationery of Del Monte Lodge, Pebble Beach, California, 8 February 1946 (postmark), to James Soby discussing his current artistic endeavors; with envelope—Photograph signed ("Dali") by H. Roger-Viollet (9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.; 242 x 299 mm).

Typically surreal. Dali fills the heavyweight mulberry Kozo paper with three sketches and a section filled with ideograms. The balance of the space is occupied by a typically surreal narrative including a statement of his own genius in which he mentions  himself in the third person.