Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Bateau

Lithography on handmade paper, limited edition, numbered by pencil 193/300, signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right corner (late signature by Dalí from the last years of his creative activity);
Blind stamp in the lower left corner (directly under the numbering). It consists of two elements: upper - graphic sigil representing a stylized crown of a tree and lower - embossed ornamental cursive facsimile of the inscription “Salvador Dali”.
Dating of the composition: The original (oil/watercolor) was created in 1934–1935
Dating of the graphic edition: Turn of the 70s and 80s of the 20th century (ca. 1980–1983
The publisher of this limited, official edition is the French artistic studio Inter Art Senans (operating in collaboration with leading Paris lithography workshops).
The Sail Man is another variation by Salvador Dalí of English maritime painter Montague Dawson’s painting “The Ship,” created using his own enigmatic imagination. Dalí, using the technique called Paranoiac-Critical, presented his vision in meticulously realistic detail, depicting a dream world where common objects are assembled and transformed in a bizarre and irrational manner.