Lot number 234 - Auction 149
MAPPENWERK 'PARADIS PERDU' (1974)

SALVADOR DALI 1904 Figueres, Girona - 1989 ibidem PORTFOLIO 'PARADIS PERDU' (1974) 7 Colour-dry point etching à la poupée on Japon nacré, in original portfolio (incomplete, 7/10). Sheet size each 37.7 x 27.6 cm. Print size each 26.7 x 20.8 cm. Each signed in pencil lower right 'Dalí' as well as inscribed and numbered lower left 'Japon nacré VIII/X'. Consisting of: 'L'arbre de vie (The tree of Life)', 'Adam et Eve' (Adam and Eve), 'La coupe offerte (The cup offered)', 'Le baiser (The kiss)', 'La tentation (The temptation)', 'Le repos amoureux (The amorous sleep)', 'Sommeil innocente (Innocent sleep)'. 4 sheets very, very slightly foxed, portfolio with traces of age. Literature: Field 74-11, Michler/Löpsinger 704-713. Provenance: Renown private collection North-Rhine Westphalia; previous owner came from the artist's close circle.