3861 - Salvador Dalí, from "Les Chevaux de Dalí"

Salvador Dalí, from "Les Chevaux de Dalí" two works, entitled "Lady Godiva" and "Le Picador", published by Armand & Georges Israel, Paris in 1983 in an edition of 4,980 copies, facsimile signature, framed as a pair under a passe-partout and behind glass, dimensions of each print approx. 43 x 30 cm. Artist information: born Salvador Dalí y Domènech, a leading Spanish painter, printmaker and illustrator (1904, Figueras - 1989, Figueras), from 1916 attended the Marist College; from 1922 studied at the Academia San Fernando in Madrid and at the Escuela Catalana in Barcelona; in 1928 travelled to Paris to visit Pablo Picasso; in 1929 joined the Surrealist group led by Breton, of which he was to become the most prominent member; married Gala in 1934 and travelled to the USA; worked in Portlligat near Cadaqués; following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, travelled to London and Italy; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from 1940 to 1948; upon his return, worked in Figueras and Púbol. Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, published by Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG, and the internet.