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224 - Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)
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Estimate €1,000 - €2,000
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Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) texts by Dante Alighieri (Florence, c. 1265–1321) The Divine Comedy. Hell. Purgatory. Paradise, 1959–1963. Paris, Editions Les Heures Claires. Six folio-sized volumes in loose sheets, printed covers, with the publisher’s slipcases and cases Translated by Julien Brizeux. Illustrations by Dalí, woodcuts by Raymond Jacquet Minor stains and scuffing on the spines of the slipcases. The print run comprises 4,765 copies, of which 3,900 are on Rives pure-fibre vellum, numbered from 866 to 4,765. This copy bears the number 1,490 (Monod, *Manuel de l’Amateur de Livres Illustrés Modernes*, no. 3,398). A famous edition, illustrated with 100 watercolours by Salvador Dalí. It was printed by the Jacquet and Daragnès workshops. Recreating the colours of these watercolours required the engraving of 3,500 woodblocks by the xylographers Raymond Jacquet and Jean Tarico.
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Auction time 11/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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