Lot 63
  • 63

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Much Ado About Shakespeare (M. & L. 390-405; F. 71-1)
  • Drypoint
  • each plate: approx. 170 by 120mm 6 3/4 by 4 3/4 in
  • each sheet: approx. 450 by 310mm 17 3/4 by 12 1/4 in
The complete set, comprising 16 etchings with drypoint printed in colours, 1970, each signed in pencil, numbered 166/250, on Japan paper,  printed by Ateliers Rigal, published by Editions Graphiques, each framed

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from the sheet edges with pale paper discoloration, occasional pale fox marks. Pale water-staining on the edges of some sheets: M. & L. 400 at the lower sheet edge at right, M. & L. 391 at lower right corner, M. & L. 396 at lower sheet edge, M. & L. 392 with two minor areas at lower sheet edge, M. & L. 395 at lower sheet edge at right, and M. & L. 405 along sheet edge at left, each framed *(four examined out of frame).
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