Apr 28, 2011 - Sale 2245

Sale 2245 - Lot 297

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
SALVADOR DALÍ
Bonheur du Jour.

Portfolio with complete text, 1 drypoint printed in black by Dalí and 13 etchings by Michel Mathonnat, 1969. 277x190 mm; 11x7 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 130 numbered copies, from a total edition of 155. Numbered 126 on the front free fly-leaf. Printed by Rigal, Fontenay-aux-Roses. Published by Les Impénitents, Paris. Original printed paper wrappers and pasteboard slipcase.

Dali's drypoint for this portfolio first appeared as part of Much Ado About Shakespeare, printed in red in an edition of 150 (with 14 other plates) in 1968; it was then reissued, and printed in black, for this portfolio. Michler/Löpsinger 275; Field 68-7 I.