Art - Salvador Dali Lithograph #286/300 - Signed - 1970
- Condition : New
- Dispatch : 4 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 227856816
- Barcode : None
- Start : Tue 29 Jul 2025 10:00:14 (EDT)
- Close : Tue 05 Aug 2025 10:00:14 (EDT)
- Remain :
for 1 item(s)
Seller's Description
FINE ART
SALVADOR DALI - "ALSACE FRENCH RAILWAY BUTTERFLIES" HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH #286/300 - Signed - 1970
|
| This auction is for a rare Salvador Dali Signed Lithograph titled "Alsace Butterfly French Railway Suite". An unusual and very significant Dali artwork piece. It was initally created as an advertising poster, on a hard poster board, for the French National Railways Corp. to promote using trains as transportation - hard posters were hung all over the country. |
| THIS ARTWORK WAS CREATED BY SALVADOR DALI AFTER THE WORK THAT DALI CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS EDITION. THE ARTWORK WAS LITHOGRAPHICALLY REWORKED AND CORRECTED BY DALI HIMSELF. THESE LITHOGRAPHIC REWORKED IMAGES WERE AUTHORIZED BY DALI TO BE USED IN THIS EDITION OF 300. THE SHEET IS AN IMPRESSIVE 24 X 36 INCHES. THIS ARTWORK WILL BE SOLD UNFRAMED. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE FRAME IN THIS LISTING WHICH WAS VERY HEAVY, IT HAS BEEN DISCARDED. IT WILL BE SHIPPED ROLLED AND IN A MAILING TUBE. |
| THIS HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH EXAMPLAR BY SALVADOR IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION WAS LIMITED TO AN EDITION OF 300. THIS IS NUMBER 286/300. DALI HAND SIGNED ONLY 300 OF THESE LITHOGRAPHS WHICH WERE PRINTED ON HEAVY ARCHIVAL WOVE PAPER BY DRAEGER MATTIEU AND JEAN SCHNEIDER, BASEL, SWITZERLAND. |
| THESE HAND SIGNED EXEMPLARS ARE "AVANT LA LETTRE" WHICH IS FRENCH FOR "BEFORE THE LETTER". ULTIMATELY, THE ALPS IMAGE WAS USED FOR FRENCH TRAVEL POSTERS AND LETTERS WERE ADDED TO THE EDITIONS WHICH WERE ON DIFFERENT PAPER AND WERE ALSO LARGER EDITIONS. THE HAND SIGNED EXEMPLARS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND ARE CONSIDERED FINE ART INVESTMENTS WHICH WILL APPRECIATE AS A LONG TERM ASSETS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOCUMENTATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| I AM NOW 85 YEARS OLD AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF DOWNSIZING THE THINGS OF MY LIFE. I PURCHASED IT AT A WOMAN'S ORT CHARITY AUCTION DISPLAYED AT THE WARWICK MALL IN WARWICK, R.I. ALMOST ALL THE ART BEING DISPLAYED WAS FROM LOCAL ARTIST, EXCEPT FOR THIS PIECE. THIS WAS A LATE DONATION FROM A LOCAL ART COLLECTOR TO WOMAN'S ORT CHARITY TO ASSIST IN MAKING MONEY DURING THE OVERALL AUCTION PROCESS. ALL THE ART WAS ON DISPLAY DURING THE WEEK, THROUGHOUT THE MALL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS DALI LITHO. |
| BEING A LITTLE JITTERY BECAUSE OF THE STARTING PRICE, I PASSED OVER IT AS DID EVERYONE IN THE CROWD (NOT A GREAT PLACE TO SELL SUCH A FINE EXPENSIVE PIECE). A LITTLE LATER I GOT MY NERVE BACK AND QUIETLY ASKED THE AUCTIONEER IF SHE WOULD BRING BACK THE DALI PIECE. AFTER A LITTLE DISCUSSION WITH HER COLLEGUES SHE SAID THAT THEY NORMALLY DO NOT BRING BACK ITEMS, BUT SHE WOULD FOR THIS PIECE. WHEN IT CAME UP AGAIN, I BID THE STARTING BID AND WON THE AUCTION. ALONG WITH THIS PIECE I RECEIVED A COA, BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME I DO NOT KNOW WHAT BECAME OF IT, WHAT WITH 4 APARTMENT MOVES, A MARRIAGE, A NEW HOME AND AGE, THINGS CAN GET MISPLACED IN TIME. |
| I PAID FOR THE PIECE AND WHEN I STARTED TO WALK OUT, A WOMEN IN A WHEELCHAIR WHO I TOOK TO BE IN HER EIGHTIES, TOUCHED MY ARM AND SAID TO ME "YOUNG MAN (I WAS 34) DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST BOUGHT?" "IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DALI PIECE AND YOU JUST STOLE IT". I ASKED HER WHY SHE DID NOT BID ON IT AND SHE REPLIED "MY TIME IS PAST FOR COLLECTING AND I ALREADY HAVE A LARGE COLLECTION, JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW THE BIDDING WAS GOING TO GO. THIS CROWD HAS NO IDEA ABOUT FINE ART, BUT THEN AGAIN THIS IS ONLY A MALL SETTING." |
| THE REASON I BID ON THIS PIECE WAS THAT, IT WAS A SIGNED DALI, A LARGE PIECE IN SIZE, AND IT WAS BLACK AND WHITE WITH A SPLASH OF RED. I HAD RECENTLY GOT A NEW APARTMENT AND ALL MY NEW FURNISHINGS WERE VERY MODERN, BLACK & WHITE AND CLEAR ACRYLIC (EVEN MY SPAGHETTI SHAG CARPETING WAS BLACK & WHITE - LOL), AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS PIECE WOULD JUST FIT IN NICELY. - AND HAPPILY IT DID! |
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 227856816 |
| Start Time | Tue 29 Jul 2025 10:00:14 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Tue 05 Aug 2025 10:00:14 (EDT) |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | New |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 77 |
| Dispatch Time | 4 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United States |
| Auto Extend | No |
Seller Recent Feedback
Returns Policy
Returns Not Accepted
