Salvador DALI and his illustrations of Don Quixote.

Vintage silver print – Dali, cane in hand and mustache raised.

450€

Salvador Dali (1904.1989)

Original photograph.

Vintage silver print depicting Dali, cane in hand, mustache raised, presenting his illustrations of Don Quixote .

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Keystone Photo stamp on the back and butterfly (glued in the margin) with typewritten caption: Salvador Dali today gave a press conference at a Parisian publisher, on the occasion of the publication of the “most expensive book in the world” Don Quixote , illustrated by the famous painter.

In 1957, publisher Joseph Foret commissioned Dali to produce impressive lithographs and create an extraordinary composition of illustrations from Miguel Cervantes's famous book Don Quixote . For this purpose, Dali used an air gun which projected ink balls. The paint spreading in a burst on the lithographic stone, thus gave Dali the basis of his inspiration.

Photo dated on the back: December 10, 1957.

Dimensions: 13 x 18.3 cm