May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 447

Price Realized: $ 32,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
THE DELUXE EDITION WITH EXTRA SUITES SALVADOR DALÍ
The Divine Comédie by Dante Alighieri.

Portfolio with complete text, 100 color wood engravings, an additional suite of 100 etchings on silk, an additional suite of 100 color woodcuts on Japon nacré and 6 décompositions des coleurs, 1959-63. 13x103/8 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 13 numbered deluxe copies on Japon nacré and silk, of a total edition of 4765. Numbered XIV on the justification page. Published by Jean Estrade, Paris.

Original silk-covered portolio boxes with gilt stamped spines. Slipcases worn with scattered wear, otherwise in good condition. Michler/Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field pp.189-200.