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Auction archive: Lot number 76

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (...

Fine Printed Books
21 Mar 2012
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,745 - US$7,909
Price realised:
£9,750
ca. US$15,423
Auction archive: Lot number 76

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (...

Fine Printed Books
21 Mar 2012
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,745 - US$7,909
Price realised:
£9,750
ca. US$15,423
Beschreibung:

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La Divina Commedia . Verona: Officine Bodoni, 1964. 9 volumes, large 4° (343 x 267mm). 100 color lithographs tipped in, 100 colour and 100 black and white duplicate lithographs, and 64 trials ('progressive di stampa') for plate 16 in the Inferno. Loose as issued in publisher's cream printed wrappers within cream decorated buckram chemises in slipcases of the same design.
DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La Divina Commedia . Verona: Officine Bodoni, 1964. 9 volumes, large 4° (343 x 267mm). 100 color lithographs tipped in, 100 colour and 100 black and white duplicate lithographs, and 64 trials ('progressive di stampa') for plate 16 in the Inferno. Loose as issued in publisher's cream printed wrappers within cream decorated buckram chemises in slipcases of the same design. LIMITED EDITION OF 44 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPAN PAPER by the Officina Bodoni in Verona. Another 3,000 copies (see next lot) were printed on regular paper by the Stamperia Valdonega in the same city. More than 3,000 blocks were necessary to complete the engraving process. As the engravings were made, every image was progressively printed, and the block was progressively destroyed. The process required great skill and resulted in works of spectacular beauty. The present copy is unnumbered. A FINE COPY. (9)

Auction archive: Lot number 76
Auction:
Datum:
21 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
21 March 2012, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La Divina Commedia . Verona: Officine Bodoni, 1964. 9 volumes, large 4° (343 x 267mm). 100 color lithographs tipped in, 100 colour and 100 black and white duplicate lithographs, and 64 trials ('progressive di stampa') for plate 16 in the Inferno. Loose as issued in publisher's cream printed wrappers within cream decorated buckram chemises in slipcases of the same design.
DALI, Salvador (1904-1989, illustrator) -- DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La Divina Commedia . Verona: Officine Bodoni, 1964. 9 volumes, large 4° (343 x 267mm). 100 color lithographs tipped in, 100 colour and 100 black and white duplicate lithographs, and 64 trials ('progressive di stampa') for plate 16 in the Inferno. Loose as issued in publisher's cream printed wrappers within cream decorated buckram chemises in slipcases of the same design. LIMITED EDITION OF 44 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPAN PAPER by the Officina Bodoni in Verona. Another 3,000 copies (see next lot) were printed on regular paper by the Stamperia Valdonega in the same city. More than 3,000 blocks were necessary to complete the engraving process. As the engravings were made, every image was progressively printed, and the block was progressively destroyed. The process required great skill and resulted in works of spectacular beauty. The present copy is unnumbered. A FINE COPY. (9)

Auction archive: Lot number 76
Auction:
Datum:
21 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
21 March 2012, London, South Kensington
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