Lot 85
  • 85

SALVADOR DALÍ | Memories of Surrealism (Michler & Löpsinger 494-505)

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Memories of Surrealism (Michler & Löpsinger 494-505)
  • each sheet: approx. 749 by 540mm 29 1/2 by 21 1/4 in
  • overall: 787 by 578mm 31 by 22 3/4 in
The complete portfolio, comprising 12 lithographs with etching printed in colours, 1971, with title-page, justification and text, this copy numbered A/152, the sheets loose (as issued), in the original portfolio box  

Condition

The full sheets, in good condition apart from occasional handling creases in the margins, 'Crazy, Crazy Minerva' with a crease along the upper left corner and finger mark in the upper right corner, 'Surrealistic Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies' with a fox mark in the lower margin and a handling crease along the right sheet edge, two blank leaves with some foxing, the text pages slightly yellowed with areas of foxing and handling marks toward the sheet edges, the portfolio box with some wear.
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