SALVADOR DALI - BOLDLY INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST

(DALI, SALVADOR). Dali, Salvador

Verlag: Carstairs Gallery, New York, 1958

Beschreibung

One 14 x 21" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso folded in half vertically to make 14 x 11 ½", 4pp, 1 b&w cover illustration. Cover Designed by Salvador Dali. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender four page catalogue published in conjunction with Salvador Dali's 1959 exhibition of thirteen watercolors and drawings at New York's Carstairs Gallery. Stating "This, my best exhibition, I dedicate to Gala, my Sistine Madonna", it features a cover illustration by the Surrealist icon along with his brief "Anti-Matter Manifesto". A most presentable example of this exceedingly uncommon item additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Monsieur Alexandre ELIOT" in blue ballpoint pen across the rear cover plus "Hommages de Dali / 1959" in blue fountain pen on the inside front cover showing light soiling and spotting, some stray pigment marks, and minor insect damage to the covers. Noted late historian, critic, and author Alexander Eliot - for whom this was inscribed - was the "Time" magazine art editor between 1945 and 1960 and a close friend of the artist. It has been priced accordingly. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 025563

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SALVADOR DALI - BOLDLY INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION...

Verlag: Carstairs Gallery, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1958

Einband: Stapled Illustrated Wrappers

Zustand: Very Good -.

Signiert: Signed Association Copy from the Artist

Auflage: First Edition.

Art des Buches: Artist Monograph