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Auction Lot No. 145

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DALI, SALVADOR Spanish (1905-1989)
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    Imaginations and Objects of the Future (Portfolio of 11, mixed media prints on Japon paper, six with collage), with original box,
    , 1975, each signed lower right, numbered XXVII/LXXV (27/75)from the Roman numbered edition on Japon paper (there was a separate edition of 250 on Arches paper, plus an edition in French of 250 and 75 as English)., As published by Merrill Chase Gallery, Chicago.

  • Condition:In very fine condition, the full sheets, two laid down on supports. The box in good condition.
  • Sheet: 30 3/4 by 27 in.(78 x 68.5 cm.)
  • Plate: 28 1/2 x 21 in. (72.5 x 54.5 cm.)
  • References: Recorded and illustrated in the standard text on the original graphics of the artist by Michler and Lopsinger, Nos. 822-32; also Field, No 75-11, pg 104.
  • Framing: Sold unframed
  • Note: The deluxe edition on Japon contained 11 prints versus 10 for the Arches edtion.The titles of the 11 prints are: Spectacles with Holograms and Computers for Seeing Imagined Objects; Liquid and Gaseous Television; Breathing Pneumatic Armchair; Melting Space - Time; Biological Garden; Cybernatic Lobster Telephone; Anti-Umbrella with Atomized Liquid; Cyclopean Makeup; Intra-Uterine Paradesiac Locomotion; Liquid Tornado Bathtub and Dalinean Prophecy (last extra print).There is an introductory text of 6 pages (cover page, table of contents, publisher's preface, artist's prologue, and observations of the future by some noted historical figures) and each lithograph comes in a sleeve with text and the Merrill Chase watermark. The text explaining the imagery is in English.
Estimates*
US $
Euro
UK pound
Swiss Fr
9000-12000
7470-9960
6120-8160
8820-11760

* Estimates do not include 25% buyer's premium (see Terms and Conditions). NR means no reserve (minimum bid $50 unless otherwise posted). Estimates in other currencies based on conversion rates of Euro: 0.83 , British Pound 0.68, Swiss Fr 0.98. All conversion values are approximate with the final cost determined in dollars.
workcode: sd-1292d-01