Salvador Dali Signed "Liquid Tornado Bathtub" 1975 22x30 Original Surrealist Deluxe LE Mixed Media on Japon Archival 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. 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 described his future vision of Liquid Tornado Bathtub;

Fantastic! If you want to bathe you pick up your radio phone(cell phone)  call for your captain. Momentarily, it will appear in the sky a special helicopter(drone) that created a vortex. At your will, there is released from the helicopter of miniature waterspout which we can pilot where we wish, the waterspout to comes down and cleanses your body. It contains special cleansing substances so that way bathe without a bathtub, the receptacle and no other device. All fresh and clean. Helicopter goes away and we go out to dinner. 

 

The etching on the lower right of the art is of a man being showered and there is a special inscription that Dali etched into the etching plate in French.

 

Collage of a futuristic laptop computer(1974, there were no laptops) which a man uses in his bathtub.

 

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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