Original Salvador Dali etching "Euterpe" (Le char de Bacchus) from Suite Les Muses (1971), hand-signed by Dali in pencil, hand-colored with watercolor and golden highlights.
Salvador Dalí created the suite of Les Muses while creating works for two of his patrons Giuseppe and Mara Albaretto. The artworks are inspired by Greek mythology.
Euterpe was one of the Muses in Greek mythology, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry.
• Drypoint etching with hand coloring in watercolor and golden highlights
• Hand-signed by Dalí in pencil
• Artist's dry stamp lower left
• Limited edition of 145 copies on Arches vellum, annotated 53/145, with wide margins
• Arches France watermark
• Size: 15 3/4 × 12 3/4 in (40 x 32.5 cm), sheet 26 1/10 × 19 9/10 in (66.2 × 50.5 cm)
• Published by Les Heures Claires
• Reference: Michler; Löpsinger (1994) Salvador Dalí: catalogue raisonné of etchings and mixed-media prints, 1924-1980. Munich and New York: Prestel; №511, Field 71-18 A.
• In good condition
• Unframed
One of the rarest and most beautiful engravings by Salvador Dali.
It is a real success for a collector to have this engraving in his collection.
