Surrealism Salvador Dalí Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Faust. Traduction de Gerard de Nerval With 21 drypoint etchings by Salvador Dalí, 11 of them on plates with the artist's signature drystamps and 10 as vignettes. O.O., Grafik Europa Anstalt (Braillard, Geneva), 1969. 22 nn. Half sheets; 11 plates. folio. Loose sheets in OLwd. cover with gilt stamped artist's signature, all in OLwd. case with gilt stamped spine title and cover illustration. Partly richly burnished etchings by Dalí with velvety soft plate tone. The etched plates with silk shirts, 6 of which are missing, 1 plate on recto backed in two places, otherwise well preserved. One of 190 copies on Arches Blanc (total edition of 293 copies). Signed and dated by Dalí in the printer's imprint and with the artist's signature as a dry stamp. - Michler-Lopsinger 289-318e. - Monod 5527 - Field 69-1 - "The 'Faust' series is embedded in a context that has been recognisable since 1960 in connection with an extraordinary productivity in the graphic field. At that time, Dalí began to illustrate a series of important texts from world literature in various ways ... In a witty manner, we are made aware of figures and contexts from a new perspective. The classics of literature are not a dead stock of museum-like character, but rather a living challenge to constantly new creative confrontation with paradigmatic basic positions of our existence. Dalí's illustrations for 'Faust' in particular provide an excellent example of this free form of appropriation and transformation." (Wünsche/Tuchel) With 21 drypoint etchings by Salvador Dalí, 11 of them on plates with the artist's signature blindstamp and 10 as vignettes. One of 190 copies on Arches Blanc (total print run of 293 copies). Signed and dated by Dalí in the printer's mark and with the artist's signature as a dry stamp. The etched plates with tissues, 6 of which are missing, 1 plate recto with small repair, otherwise very well preserved indeed. - 'The "Faust" series is embedded in a context that has been recognisable since 1960 in connection with an extraordinary productivity in the graphic field. At that time, Dalí began to illustrate a series of important texts from world literature in various ways ... In a witty manner, we are made aware of figures and contexts from a new perspective. The classics of literature are not a dead collection of museum-like character, but rather a living challenge to a constantly new creative examination of paradigmatically distinctive basic positions of our existence. Dalí's illustrations for 'Faust' in particular provide an excellent example of this free form of appropriation and transformation.' (Wünsche/Tuchel) This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount to 7% (books, prints except serigraphs) or 19% VAT (only for serigraphs and photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books, Prints except Screenprints) or 19% VAT (Screenprints or Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union. 3000