3864 - after Salvador Dalí, “Mais ô Belle Dionée”

after Salvador Dalí, “Mais ô Belle Dionée” figurative scene in front of an amphitheatre, catalogue raisonné Michler/Löpsinger 1530, colour woodcut on vellum, 1978, signed ‘Dali’ in lead beneath the image and numbered ‘3/144’, signs of wear, mounted in a passe-partout and framed behind glass, image dimensions approx. 27 x 20.5 cm, sheet dimensions approx. 55.5 x 37.5 cm. Artist information: born Salvador Dalí y Domènech, prominent Spanish painter, graphic artist 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.