Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 452

Price Realized: $ 22,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
SALVADOR DALÍ
La Conquête du Cosmos I & II.

La Conquête du Cosmos I. Group of 5 (of 6) color drypoints with lithograph, embossing and collage on Rives BFK, 1974. 990x700 mm; 39x27 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins. Edition of 585. Each print signed and numbered XXXVII/CLXXXXV in pencil, lower margin, and numbered in pencil on the justification page. Printed by Imprimerie Artisque Bellini, Paris. Published by Levine & Levine Graphics, New York. Original board portfolio box. Lacking Dalí Martian muni d'un double microscope holoelectronique * La Conquête du Cosmos II. Group of 5 (of 6) color drypoints with lithograph, embossing and collage on Arches, 1974. 900x700 mm; 39x27 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins. Edition of 585. Each print signed and numbered CXXVIII/CLXXXXV in pencil, lower margin, and signed by the publisher, Jean Lavigne, Paris, in pencil, lower left. Original blue velvet portfolio. Lacking the justification page and Le sang du yin et le yang. All very good impressions with strong colors.

According to Field, all twelve prints for La Conquête du Cosmos were made in 1974, but were marketed in two separate portfolios: Cosmos I in 1974 and Cosmos II in 1977. Michler/Löpsinger 641-643, 645-651; Field 74-12 A-B and D-K.