1180 - Salvador Dali, "Pantagruels drollige Träume", from "Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel", 1973

Salvador Dali, "Pantagruels drollige Träume", from "Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel", 1973 (1904 Figueres, Catalonia – 1989 Figueres), lithograph on Japan paper, mounted on card, signed lower right, 1973, inscribed "E. A. 6/25" lower left (Epreuve d'Artiste, artist's proof), from "Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel", motif after the literary source by François Rabelais, in black lines a bearded figure in a long robe, above it a winged skeleton with a cloth, on the right a wheel, printed by Atelier Grapholith, Paris, with certificate from Artco-France, Saint-Ouen l'Aumône, dated 28 April 1998, Michler & Löpsinger 1422, good condition commensurate with age, foxed, image 66x48 cm (HxW), overall 78.5x56.5 cm (HxW). Salvador Dali (1904 to 1989) was a principal exponent of Surrealism. The "Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel" were published in 1565 by Richard Breton with 120 woodcuts and were attributed to François Rabelais. In 1973 Dali created his own edition with 23 lithographs on thin Japan paper. The catalogue raisonné by Michler and Löpsinger lists the sheet under number 1422.