Salvador DALÍ : Mais ô belle Dionée (But O Fair Dione), 1979

By DALI Salvador (1904-1989)

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Mais ô belle Dionée (But O Fair Dione), 1979

Original woodcut printed in colours on Arches wove paper

Signed in the block lower left; unsigned and unnumbered in pencil, as issued in the book

Dimensions:
+ Sheet: 55.5 × 37.5 cm (21.9 × 14.8 in.)
+ Image: approx. 27.3 × 21 cm (10.7 × 8.3 in.)

Condition: Very good condition. Deckle edges preserved on the right and lower edges. Sheet very slightly toned. Unframed.

References: Michler & Löpsinger 1530; Field 79-2 F

Period: after a 1976 watercolour; cut and printed by Matthieu, Zurich, 1978; published 1979

From L’Art d’aimer d’Ovide, Centre Culturel de Paris, 1979, edition of 250 copies.

Dione, mother of Venus in Homeric tradition, invoked by Ovid; Dalí sets the embrace against a Roman arena, recalling the theatres and circuses where the poet sends his pupils in search of love.

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