71 - Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) The Young Icarus, 1979 Original woodcut printed in color on Arches vellum Signed on the plate in the upper left; unsigned and unnumbered in pencil, as published in the book Dimensions: + Sheet: 55.5 × 37.5 cm (21.9 × 14.8 in.) + Image: approx. 27 × 21 cm (10.6 × 8.3 in.) Condition: Good condition. Mounting margins preserved on the right and bottom; small losses to the mounting margins at the bottom left. Unframed. References: Michler & Löpsinger 1525–1538; Field 79-2 Period: after a 1976 watercolor; engraved and printed by Matthieu, Zurich, 1978; published in 1979 Excerpt from Ovid’s *The Art of Love*, Centre Culturel de Paris, 1979, limited edition of 250 copies. Ovid recounts the story of Daedalus and Icarus in Book II of *The Art of Love*; Dalí depicts the winged, pensive figure, while a spectral silhouette rises behind her.