La Girafe en Feu

Salvador Dalí
La Girafe en Feu
etching & aquatint
1966-67

An original hand-signed Salvador Dalí etching & aquatint print.

(Giraffe on Fire)

1966-67

Original etching and aquatint printed in black ink on Japan paper, with hand-coloring added

Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Dalí.

A superb artist’s proof impression of the definitive state, apart from the numbered edition of 100 on this paper, annotated “E.A” (épreuve d’artiste) in pencil in the margin lower left (also apart from the edition of 150 on Arches wove paper).  One of 7 etchings from the album Tauromachie surréaliste.  Published by Éditions Argillet, Paris: printed by Atelier Maeght, Paris.  Bearing the Dalí signature blindstamp in the margin lower right.

Catalog: Michler/Löpsinger 159; Field 70-11.A.

Image Size: 12 9/16 x 16 ½ inches

Sheet Size: 20 x 25 ¾ inches