Salvador Dalí­

Le Baiser, Surrealist Etching

1974

Angel Botello’s signature flat headed, Cubist portraits are instantly recognizable. In this case, a young girl sits in her chair hugging her one eyed or winking doll. The girl’s han...

Artist: Anthony Ackrill (b. 1958, American) Title: Enlightened Whelk Shell Anthony Ackrill applies his classical training at Florence Academy of Art to cr...

Artist: Thomas Hart Benton (American 1889 - 1975) Title: Aaron Medium: Hand Signed Lithograph Year of Work: 1941 Edition Size: 250 Dimensions: 12.9" x 9.5" unframed, 20" x 16" Framed In this Iconic portrait of "Aaron" Benton depicts an elderly farmer with tattered clothes, seemingly deep in thought. He is set in a neutral background where the subject’s face reveals the wear and tear of the agrestic lifestyle. Much like most of Benton's work, this portrait captures the true feeling of the American social...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Japanese Title: The Moon Crossing Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province Medium: Original Woodblock Print Year: 1853 - 1856 Dimensions: Framed 16" x 23", Unframed 8.5" x 13" Hiroshige Utagawa grew up in a samurai family in Edo where both him and his father were in the fire service before being orphaned. Hiroshige’s first formal art teacher was Rinsai. Though Hiroshige tried to join Toyokuni Utagawa's studio, he was turned away. In 1811, young Hiroshige entered an apprenticeship with the celebrated Toyohiro Utagawa. After only a year, he was bestowed with the artist name Hiroshige. He gave up his role in the fire department to focus entirely on painting and print design. He studied painting, intrigued by the Shijo school. Hiroshige’s artistic genius wasn’t recognized until 1832 when he became a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, creating 8000 prints in saturated color. His series of woodblock prints of the Tokaido road connecting Edo to Kyoto was his breakthrough series known as The 53 Stations of the Tokaido (1832-1833). His most renowned series was known as 100 Famous Views of Edo...

Original artist proof engraving, aquatint, intaglio on archival paper by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed in pencil lower right and dated 1947. Condition: good...

Artist proof, aquatint, mixed intaglio engraving by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Pencil signed and dated lower right, 1947. Artist Proof. Condition: good; slight...

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Frère Ogrin, l'hermite (Brother Ogrin, the Hermit)" Portfolio: Tristan et Iseult *Monogram signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1970 Medium: Original Engraving on Mandeure paper Limited edition: 101/125 Printer: Atelier Rigal, Paris, France Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York, NY and Paris, France Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-10-K, page 60; "Dali: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980" - Michler/Löpsinger No. 416, page 183-184 Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding with 100% cotton rag matting, gold filet, and 99% UV protective Museum Glass Framed size: 28" x 22.25" Sheet size (folded): 18" x 12.75" Sheet size (unfolded): 18" x 25.5" Image size: 15.75" x 10.5" Condition: One tiny tear upper left. Some faint spots lower left. It is otherwise a strong impression is excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Indianapolis, IN; acquired from Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD retaining their original gallery label on verso. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Tristan et Iseult" portfolio of 21 color engravings. Leon Amiel chop mark/blind stamp lower left. These engravings from the "Tristan et Iseult" portfolio were printed on folded sheets with their respective text descriptions as issued. We are specialists in Salvador Dali's printmaking oeuvre, having personally worked with his cataloger Albert Field in the 1980's, we unconditionally guarantee all of our examples to be authentic. Biography: Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes...

Artist: Stephan Strocen, Argentine (1930 - 1999) Title: Dialogando en Amarillo Year: 1970 Medium: Aquatint Etching with Intaglio, signed and dated in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 30 x 2...