Zinc lithograph in colors on Arches paper
France, 1973
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Signed in pencil with ‘Dalí’ lower right
Numbered in pencil ‘492/500’ lower left
One of 500 numbered copies (+ 50 EA, 1 HC, 1 BAT)
Draft for a Picasso monument
Catalogue raisonné: Michler & Löpsinger 1391
Carved wooden frame
Image dimensions: 65 x 46 cm
Good condition
The current highest auction record for Dalí’s lithograph ‘Monument à Picasso’ is more than €3,000

The present lithograph is a work by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) from 1973 and was published in an edition of 500 signed copies. The present sheet is the number 492. With ‘Monument à Picasso’, a draft for a monument to Picasso, Dalí honored his Spanish contemporary and fellow pioneer of Modernism, Pablo Picasso. On the left hand side of the abstract composition, a female figure reaches up to hand a laurel wreath to the artist seated above, who is equipped with a paintbrush and a color palette.

The lithograph is signed in pencil lower right and numbered in pencil with ‘492/500’ lower left. The lithograph is in good condition, showing a typical light discoloration of the paper. The frame is slightly chipped. The image dimensions are 65 x 46 cm, the sheet dimensions are 76.3 x 56.5 cm, and the frame is 86 x 66.5 cm in size.

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)

The Spanish painter, printmaker and sculptor Salvador Dalí was one of the main exponents of Surrealism. In 1929, Dalí joined the Surrealists in Paris. His dream-like works, influenced by the unconscious, are part of important international museum collections. Salvador Dali is regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

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