Lithograph in colors with drypoint and embossing on Richard de Bas wove paper (watermark)
Spain, 1969/1970
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) – Spanish painter, printmaker and sculptor
Lower right signed in pencil ‘Dali’
Lower left numbered in pencil ‘CXXII/CL’
Sheet two of the portfolio ‘FlorDali (Les fruits)’
Catalog raisonné: Michler/Löpsinger 345
Sheet size: 75 x 55.9 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Germany
Salvador Dalí is one of the most sought after artists of the 20th century; prints by the artist fetch up to €21,300 at international auctions
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

The eponymous ‘fig man’ of this graphic is constructed from a fig as a head and a cut fig, which forms the chest and to that the arms and legs are attached. A fig branch is depicted next and pierced the man's leg. Below this scene are black, etched lines and ornaments to see. The graphic was created as the second of twelve sheets for the portfolio ‘FlorDali (Les Fruits)’, which was published in 1969/70 by WUCUA (advertising and Commerz Union Anstalt) in Vaduz.

The lithograph with drypoint and embossing is signed lower right in pencil ‘Dali’, numbered lower left in pencil ‘CXXII/CL’. The sheet is overall stronger darkend and bears a foxmark in the left as well as in the upper margin. It is framed in a recto gilded frame with some signs of age and use. The sheet measures 75 x 55.9 cm. The framed dimensions are 78 x 59 cm.

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

The Spanish painter, printmaker and sculptor Salvador Dalí was one of the main representatives of Surrealism. 1929 Dalí joined the Surrealists in Paris. Today his dreamy works, influenced from the unconscious are in collections of important international museums. Salvador Dalí is known as one of the most famous artists of the 20th Century. (fea)

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