Description

Europa And The Bull

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

“Europa And The Bull” by Salvador Dals is an original dry-point engraving.

The plate from which the edition was pulled is the sole work of Salvador Dali.

The engraving was pulled in four colors on Rives paper in the workshop of Ateliers Rigal in France. Pulling was completed in August, 1972.

II. The edition consists of 1000 impressions, signed by the artist and numbered from 1/1000 to 1000/1000.

There are no prior states of this same impression. There are no prior or later editions from this plate. The edition is neither posthumous nor a restrike.

The plate has been cancelled after completion of this edition, and a struck proof has been submitted to Fine Arts 260, in addition to the defaced plate.

Salvador Dalí was an icon of surrealism, the 20th-century avant-garde movement that sought to release unconscious creative potential through art that featured dreamlike imagery. Dalí’s fantastical prints, paintings, sculptures, films, and writing helped cement the movement’s identity. Working off psychoanalytic ideas, Dalí rendered fantastical creatures and landscapes that could unsettle and awe. His 1931 canvas The Persistence of Memory is one of the most recognizable artworks of all time. Dalí exhibited widely in his lifetime, and his works belong in the collections of institutions. His work has fetched multimillions of dollars on the secondary market.