Salvador Dali Signed 1982 "The Battle of Tetuan" 29.5" x 41" LE Lithograph on Arches Paper #241/275 with Embossed Signature & Images (PA LOA)

Created from the original 1962 painting. Measures 29.5" x 41". Hand-signed international edition I 241/275.

A complex limited edition with mixed media of photographic faces of Gala and others on a high quality Lithograph on archival arches paper. Embossed Dali signature an publishers mark on the left, Also embossed saber in the lower center as well as embossed horses.

Painted in 1962 the art was purchased in 1979, a contract with Dali to produce a limited edition lithograph was agreed upon with publishers Mett and Wiseman. Arches paper was signed in 1979. The edition was Released in 1982.

The Battle of Tetuán was fought in 1860, near Tetuán, Morocco, between a Spanish army sent to North Africa and the tribal levies which at the time made up the Moroccan Army. The battle ssed was part of the Spanish-Moroccan War of 1859-1860.

The capture of Tétuan prevented further attacks on Ceuta and Melilla by Moroccan forces. The Conde de Lucena returned with his forces to Spain; they camped at a spot north of Madrid while a triumphal entry into the capital was arranged. The camp, which acquired permanent structures as well as shops over time, became the Madrid neighbourhood known as Tetuán de las Victorias. In the aftermath of the battle, General Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Conde de Lucena, was elevated in the Spanish peerage to being The 1st Duque de Tetuán. He later served as President of the Council of Ministers (also known as the Prime Minister).

Surrealist artist Salvador Dali created "The Battle of Tetuan," at his home in the coastal fishing village of Cadaqués, Spain near the French border. The huge oil painting, measuring about 10 by 15 feet, depicts a battle between the Moors and the Spanish in 1860 near Tangier. Dali worked on it for five months; it was raised from and lowered into the floor by cranking a hand windlass so he could reach any part of it without needing a ladder.

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