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

SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989) LE TRICORNE — EL SOMBRERO DE TRES PICOS 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, carved and printed by the Bracons-Duplessis workshops. Support: Engraving handmade paper. The original edition was printed on Auvergne paper by Richard de Bas, with a special watermark of the tricorne. Dimensions: 32 × 25.5 cm each print. Print run: Limited edition of 260 numbered copies. Edition composition: 20 original color woodcuts, including the frontispiece. Bibliographical 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, Illustrated Books and Manuscripts, auction 5415, lot 285. * Swann Galleries, auction 2392, lot 585. Description Magnificent collection of Salvador Dalí’s original graphic work, part of his celebrated Le Tricorne series, made in 1959 to illustrate the masterpiece of Spanish costumbrista literature El sombrero de tres picos, written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. This extraordinary bibliophilic edition is one of the most attractive graphic projects of the Catalan master during the 1950s, blending Dalí’s surrealist universe with literary tradition, folklore and the popular characters of 19th-century Spain. Through his illustrations, Dalí transforms episodes from 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 woodcut matrices and the combination of blues, ochres, yellows and reddish tones give these plates 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, concepts fundamental in Salvador Dalí’s surrealist language. The illustrations were conceived specifically 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 color woodblock technique, using 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 notable achievement of mid-20th-century European artistic bibliophily. Fully documented graphic work in the major Salvador Dalí catalog raisonnés, with specific references in the publications of Michler & Löpsinger and Albert Field, as well as in major international auction houses. The plates feature wide margins and the characteristic appeal 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 large bibliophilic editions. Provenance: collection linked to Enrique Sabater

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