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SALVADOR DALI "THE FABLES OF FONTAINE" PORTRAIT

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This Is A Hand Signed Salvador Dali Color Etching Titled "PORTRAIT OF LA FONTAINE" From The 1974 Suite "LE BESTIAIRE DE LA FONTAINE DALINISE (The Fables Of Fontaine)". MEDIUM: Limited Edition Original Etching Engraving With Color By Pochoir. Hand Signed In Pencil By Dali At The Lower Right Margin. Printed By Atelier Rigal In France. Publisher: Les Maitres Contemporaines (Robert Mouret). Auvergne Paper. Paper Size: 78.5 X 59 Cm Or 31 X 23.2 Inches. Pencil Numbered From An Edition Of 250. Mint Condition. REFERENCE: Michler/Lopsinger #653. This Series Of Stories By La Fontaine Is A 17th Century Reworking Of The Classic Fables By Aesop, Who Depicted Human Nature By Using A Cast Of Animals, In Order To Escape Censorship. Virtues And Vices Are Explored In The Different Stories, Each Of Which Concludes With A Moral Observation. Dali Adapted His Artistic Style To The Moral And Edifying Tone Of La Fontaine, And Allowed His Art To Become Limpid, Transparent And Crisp. The Delicate Colouring Of The Illustrations Charges The World Of Dreams And Fantasy With New Life, Through The Workings Of Dali's Surrealistic Imagination. Excellent Condition. Unframed. Includes Certificate Of Authenticity.

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