Shakespeare, Macbeth, illustrated by Salvador Dalí.
Extraordinary copy enriched with an original signed double-page drawing with autograph dedication signed and illustrated to Cécile Éluard: “For Cécile, with a thousand wishes of happiness. Salvador Dali. 1947.”
The drawing addressed to his daughter-in-law is signed and captioned: “ Homage to Rafael, Dali, 1947 ”
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Salvador Dali (1904.1989)
Shakespeare, Macbeth, illustrated by Salvador Dalí.
New York, Doubleday & Company, 1946. Illustrated edition of thirteen drawings by Salvador Dalí.
In-8°, cardboard decorated with Bradel, illustrated slipcase (publisher's binding).
Extraordinary copy enriched with an original signed double-page drawing by the artist with autograph dedication signed and illustrated to Cécile Éluard: “For Cécile, with a thousand wishes of happiness. Salvador Dali. 1947.”
The drawing addressed to his daughter-in-law is signed and captioned: “ Homage to Rafael, Dali, 1947 ”
Depicting a virgin and child, the drawing here testifies to the Catalan painter's deep admiration for Raphael, whom he considered superior to Leonardo da Vinci, and who appeared in his personal pantheon alongside Vermeer and Velázquez.
Provenance: Cécile Éluard (1928.2016), only daughter of Paul Éluard and Gala Dalí.
Certificate of authenticity from MM. Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes. The work is registered in the Descharnes Archives under the reference d7034.
We enclose the first edition of a small, unusual booklet by the painter: My cultural revolution , dated May 18, 1968.
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