Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Tricorne (El sombrero de tres picos)
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Salvador Dalí, Le Tricorne (El sombrero de tres picos), limited edition print.
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SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989)
LE TRICORNE — THE HAT WITH THREE CORNERS
Collection of original color wood engravings — 1959
Artist: Salvador Dalí (Figueres, 1904–1989).
Work: Le Tricorne, original illustrations for the famous novel The Hat with Three Corners, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
Year of edition: 1959.
Publishers: Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, and Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris.
Technique: Original color woodcut, carved and printed by the Bracons-Duplessis workshops.
Support: Handmade printmaking paper. The original edition was produced on Auvergne paper by Richard de Bas, with a special watermark of the tricorne.
Dimensions: 32 × 25.5 cm per plate.
Original edition: Limited edition of 260 numbered copies.
Edition composition: 20 original color woodcuts, including the frontispiece.
Bibliographic references:
* Michler & Löpsinger, Salvador Dalí. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, volume II, numbers 1018–1037.
* Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, reference 59-1, pages 20–21.
* Christie’s, Important Old and Modern Books, Books of Art and Manuscripts, auction 5415, lot 285.
* Swann Galleries, auction 2392, lot 585.
Description
Magnificent collection of Salvador Dalí’s original graphic work, belonging to his renowned Le Tricorne series, created in 1959 to illustrate the masterful Spanish genre literature work The Hat with Three Corners, written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
This extraordinary bibliophile edition is one of the most attractive graphic projects of the Catalan master during the 1950s, blending Dalí’s surrealist universe with literary tradition, folklore, and the popular characters of 19th-century Spain.
Through his illustrations, Dalí transforms episodes from the well-known novel into highly imaginative compositions, populated by human figures with stylized anatomy, grotesque characters, butterflies, symbolic elements, and surprising metamorphoses.
The extraordinary chromatic richness, the delicate work of the woodcut matrices, and the combination of blues, ochres, yellows, and reddish tones confer these prints with a distinctive artistic personality.
The recurring presence of butterflies, one of the most characteristic elements of this series, introduces the symbolism of beauty, transformation, and metamorphosis, fundamental concepts in Salvador Dalí’s surrealist language.
The illustrations were conceived specifically to accompany the French edition of the novel, translated by Michel Déon and published in 1959 by Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, and Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris.
The work was produced using the traditional technique of color woodcut, employing wood blocks prepared by the Bracons-Duplessis specialized workshops, which transferred to paper the extraordinary visual richness of the compositions created by Dalí.
The original edition, limited to 260 numbered copies, stands as a distinguished achievement of European artistic bibliophily in the mid-20th century.
The graphic work is fully documented in the major catalogues raisonnés of Salvador Dalí, with specific references in the publications of Michler & Löpsinger and Albert Field, as well as in important international auction houses.
The plates feature wide margins and the attractive character of original prints on handmade paper.
A remarkable collection of original Dalí woodcuts, of extraordinary interest to collectors of surrealism, 20th-century graphic works, Spanish illustrated literature, and major bibliophilic editions.
Provenance: collection linked to Enrique Sabater
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989)
LE TRICORNE — THE HAT WITH THREE CORNERS
Collection of original color wood engravings — 1959
Artist: Salvador Dalí (Figueres, 1904–1989).
Work: Le Tricorne, original illustrations for the famous novel The Hat with Three Corners, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
Year of edition: 1959.
Publishers: Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, and Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris.
Technique: Original color woodcut, carved and printed by the Bracons-Duplessis workshops.
Support: Handmade printmaking paper. The original edition was produced on Auvergne paper by Richard de Bas, with a special watermark of the tricorne.
Dimensions: 32 × 25.5 cm per plate.
Original edition: Limited edition of 260 numbered copies.
Edition composition: 20 original color woodcuts, including the frontispiece.
Bibliographic references:
* Michler & Löpsinger, Salvador Dalí. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, volume II, numbers 1018–1037.
* Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, reference 59-1, pages 20–21.
* Christie’s, Important Old and Modern Books, Books of Art and Manuscripts, auction 5415, lot 285.
* Swann Galleries, auction 2392, lot 585.
Description
Magnificent collection of Salvador Dalí’s original graphic work, belonging to his renowned Le Tricorne series, created in 1959 to illustrate the masterful Spanish genre literature work The Hat with Three Corners, written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
This extraordinary bibliophile edition is one of the most attractive graphic projects of the Catalan master during the 1950s, blending Dalí’s surrealist universe with literary tradition, folklore, and the popular characters of 19th-century Spain.
Through his illustrations, Dalí transforms episodes from the well-known novel into highly imaginative compositions, populated by human figures with stylized anatomy, grotesque characters, butterflies, symbolic elements, and surprising metamorphoses.
The extraordinary chromatic richness, the delicate work of the woodcut matrices, and the combination of blues, ochres, yellows, and reddish tones confer these prints with a distinctive artistic personality.
The recurring presence of butterflies, one of the most characteristic elements of this series, introduces the symbolism of beauty, transformation, and metamorphosis, fundamental concepts in Salvador Dalí’s surrealist language.
The illustrations were conceived specifically to accompany the French edition of the novel, translated by Michel Déon and published in 1959 by Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, and Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, Paris.
The work was produced using the traditional technique of color woodcut, employing wood blocks prepared by the Bracons-Duplessis specialized workshops, which transferred to paper the extraordinary visual richness of the compositions created by Dalí.
The original edition, limited to 260 numbered copies, stands as a distinguished achievement of European artistic bibliophily in the mid-20th century.
The graphic work is fully documented in the major catalogues raisonnés of Salvador Dalí, with specific references in the publications of Michler & Löpsinger and Albert Field, as well as in important international auction houses.
The plates feature wide margins and the attractive character of original prints on handmade paper.
A remarkable collection of original Dalí woodcuts, of extraordinary interest to collectors of surrealism, 20th-century graphic works, Spanish illustrated literature, and major bibliophilic editions.
Provenance: collection linked to Enrique Sabater
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Edition
Limited edition
Artist
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title of artwork
Le Tricorne (El sombrero de tres picos)
Technique
Woodcut print
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
1958
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
32 cm
Width
25.5 cm
Style
Surrealism
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Period
1930-1940
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