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Yann Le Mouel

72 - Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)

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€180 - 210

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25%

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) But O Beautiful Dionysia, 1979 Original woodcut printed in color on Arches vellum Signed on the woodblock in the lower left corner; unsigned and unnumbered in pencil, as published in the book Dimensions: + Sheet: 55.5 × 37.5 cm (21.9 × 14.8 in.) + Image: approx. 27.3 × 21 cm (10.7 × 8.3 in.) Condition: Very good condition. Barbs preserved on the right and bottom. Sheet very slightly yellowed. Unframed. References: Michler & Löpsinger 1530; Field 79-2 F 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. Dione, mother of Venus in the Homeric tradition, invoked by Ovid; Dalí sets the embrace against the backdrop of a Roman arena, evoking the theaters and circuses where the poet sends his students to seek love.

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Modern and Contemporary Prints
Sunday, November 22
09:00 PM
7 RUE DE PROVENCE
75009 Paris, France

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Yann Le Mouel +33 1 47 70 86 36 contact@yannlemouel.com
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