Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Tricorne (El sombrero de tres picos)

SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989) LE TRICORNE — THE THREE-CORNED HAT Collection of original color woodcuts — 1959 Artist: Salvador Dalí (Figueres, 1904–1989). Work: Le Tricorne, original illustrations for the famous novel El sombrero de tres picos, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Year of edition: 1959. Publishers: Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, and Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris. Technique: Original color woodcut print, cut and printed by Bracons-Duplessis workshops. Support: Hand-made print paper. The original edition was produced on Auvergne paper by Richard de Bas, with a special watermark of the tricorne. Dimensions: 32 × 25.5 cm per plate. Original edition: Limited to 260 numbered copies. Edition composition: 20 original color woodcuts, including the frontispiece. Bibliographic references: * Michler & Löpsinger, Salvador Dalí. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, Volume II, numbers 1018–1037. * Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, reference 59-1, pages 20–21. * Christie’s, Important Old Books, Books by Artists and Manuscripts, auction 5415, lot 285. * Swann Galleries, auction 2392, lot 585. Description Magnificent collection of Salvador Dalí’s original graphic works, belonging to his famous Le Tricorne series, created in 1959 to illustrate the masterpiece of Spanish genre literature El sombrero de tres picos, written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. This extraordinary bibliophilic edition constitutes one of the most attractive graphic projects of the Catalan master during the 1950s, combining Dalí’s surreal universe with literary tradition, folklore and the popular characters of 19th-century Spain. Through his illustrations, Dalí transforms episodes of the well-known novel into compositions of great imagination, populated by human figures with stylized anatomy, grotesque characters, butterflies, symbolic elements and surprising metamorphoses. The extraordinary chromatic richness, the delicate work of the woodblock matrices and the combination of blues, ochres, yellows and reddish tones give these prints an unmistakable artistic personality. The recurring presence of butterflies, one of the most characteristic elements of this series, introduces the symbolism of beauty, transformation and metamorphosis, fundamental concepts in Salvador Dalí’s surrealist language. The illustrations were conceived especially to accompany the French edition of the novel, translated by Michel Déon and published in 1959 by Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, and Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris. The work was produced using the traditional technique of color woodcut, employing wooden matrices prepared by Bracons-Duplessis, who transferred to paper the extraordinary visual richness of the compositions created by Dalí. The original edition, limited to 260 numbered copies, constitutes a prominent achievement of mid-20th-century European art book collecting. Graphical work fully documented in the major catalog raisonnés of Salvador Dalí, with specific references in the publications by Michler & Löpsinger and Albert Field, as well as in important international auction houses. The plates present wide margins and the characteristic allure of original prints on handmade paper. A distinguished collection of Salvador Dalí’s original woodcuts, of extraordinary interest to collectors of surrealism, 20th-century graphic art, illustrated Spanish literature, and major art-book editions. Provenance: collection linked to Enrique Sabater

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