Salvador Dali Signed "Cyclopean Make-Up" 1975 22x30 Original Surrealist Deluxe LE Mixed Media on Archival Japon Paper #X/LXXV (PA LOA)

Salvador Dali Medium: Lithograph and etching with collage on hand crafted Japon paper: 1975 Roman Numeral Deluxe Edition of 75: X/LXXV  Image Reference: Field 75-11H  Signed: In pencil

Authenticated in the "Official Catalog of The Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, page 104 from the Imaginations and Objects of the Future Suite

Rare limited deluxe edition mixed media including etching, collage and lithograph on handmade archival Japon paper. Only 4 of the editions from the suite exist with collage. Piece measures approximately 22" x 30.5" in size. Only 75 Hand-signed and numbered X/LXXV (10/75) in pencil by Salvador Dali. Also includes chemise - protective cover sheet on archival paper in french. Piece includes a publisher’s COA and Pristine Auction LOA for authenticity purposes. In excellent condition, from the co-publishers estate, never framed, stored flat since 1975. The art was signed onboard a yacht off the coast of Spain in 1974. Dali avoided the VAT tax. Printed in France, the signing was facilitated and witnessed by the co-publisher.

In 1972-73 Robert Chase proposed the concept to Dali of picturing himself as the 20th century Leonardo da Vinci, giving the world what he imagined the future would hold. Knowing that Dali admired da Vinci greatly as a thinker and a creative genius, still, was not adequate preparation for his reaction. Dali rolled his eyes as indication of an extraordinary epiphany, and (please imagine an outrageous French-Catalan accent) he loudly exclaimed, "Fantastique! Bravo! Dal-i create the fu-ture.

 

Dali’s 1974 description of Cyclopean Makeup. 

The concept is based upon the  cyclopean eye. Computerized cybernetic patterns will replace conventional make-up. People will wear anagylphic glasses. when one puts on these orange and green glasses and views other people, amazing transformations occur. For example: there will be total invisibility of any portion of the body. Or, women could make-up to appear to have doves or fishes for heads, when viewed through these glasses. it will be the Kingdom of Headless  women  with this cybernetic, surrealistic makeup. 

In my museum, I am making cyclopean images on the walls. When You look at them with orange and green glasses everything will be changed.

 

Mixed Media description the printing process

The lithograph

Created on lithograph stone depicting Dali’s vision of a tattooed body of the future 

 

The etching 

Created on metal plate depicting an image of his wife Gala viewing the future

 

The collage 

Added to the graphic by hand from Dali cut one of a kind fine art photographs. of the Eye, mouth and lips

 

The work of Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is associated with the surrealist movement of the 20th Century. A diverse and multi-talented artist, Dali is considered one of the most collected artists today, and his works offer an incredible opportunity for enormous appreciation in value. In addition to his original works, Dali produced works on paper for reproduction using dry point, etching, woodcut, and lithography. Many of his works are held in prestigious museums, private and public collections world-wide.

Authentication: Co-Publisher Certificate of Authenticity and Pristine Auction LOA (details)

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