Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - El Pórtico (The Portico) La Vida es Sueño 1975
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Salvador Dalí’s limited-edition surrealist portrait, *El Pórtico (The Portico) La Vida es Sueño 1975*, is a black-and-white lithograph measuring 38 × 28 cm.
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Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
The Portico (Portico) from The Life Is a Dream
1975
Original etching on Arches France paper, made for the suite The Life Is a Dream, inspired by the famous work by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
The composition presents at the top an elaborate architectural and literary structure accompanied by surrealist calligraphic elements, while in the lower area there is a linear, equestrian figure, characteristic of Dalí's graphic language. Dalí's signature incorporated on the plate.
Sheet measures: approx. 38 × 28 cm.
Technique: etching on Arches paper.
Date: 1975.
Series: The Life Is a Dream.
Signature: signature on the plate.
Reference: Field 73-1; related to the Michler/Löpsinger cataloging of the series.
Good overall condition, with the natural characteristics typical of the paper and its age.
Provenance: Enrique Sabater, friend and secretary of Salvador Dalí during his period of close collaboration with the artist, according to provenance provided by the owner.
Interesting example of Dalí’s graphic production from the seventies, particularly attractive for preserving intact the bifolio of the original edition and for its provenance.
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
The Portico (Portico) from The Life Is a Dream
1975
Original etching on Arches France paper, made for the suite The Life Is a Dream, inspired by the famous work by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
The composition presents at the top an elaborate architectural and literary structure accompanied by surrealist calligraphic elements, while in the lower area there is a linear, equestrian figure, characteristic of Dalí's graphic language. Dalí's signature incorporated on the plate.
Sheet measures: approx. 38 × 28 cm.
Technique: etching on Arches paper.
Date: 1975.
Series: The Life Is a Dream.
Signature: signature on the plate.
Reference: Field 73-1; related to the Michler/Löpsinger cataloging of the series.
Good overall condition, with the natural characteristics typical of the paper and its age.
Provenance: Enrique Sabater, friend and secretary of Salvador Dalí during his period of close collaboration with the artist, according to provenance provided by the owner.
Interesting example of Dalí’s graphic production from the seventies, particularly attractive for preserving intact the bifolio of the original edition and for its provenance.
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Edition
Limited edition
Artist
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title of artwork
El Pórtico (The Portico) La Vida es Sueño 1975
Technique
Lithograph
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
1963
Colour
Black, White
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
38 cm
Width
28 cm
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Surrealism
Sold with frame
No
Period
1970-1980
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