Salvador DALI (1904–1989), "La Rose Papilon" from the "Flordali II" series, 1981

Original color lithograph, heavyweight Arches vellum paper; dimensions: 92 x 65 cm (inside the mat), which measures 110 x 82 cm; limited edition of xxxx/5,000 pieces; signed on the plate, publisher: Inter Art Senans, Basel, Switzerland; produced at: Atelier Matthieu, Zurich; on the reverse, bottom right, a certificate with a description of the edition and the number of pieces written in crayon: No. 3,653/5,000.
Lithograph based on a collage created specifically for this purpose by Salvador Dalí in 1981.
The work is described and reproduced in the following catalogs:
- Field catalog raisonné, page 233
- Michler & Lopsinger catalog raisonné #1587
- Sahli catalog raisonné #234
Lit: Miłosz Kargol, Zuzanna Mortka, Krakow Auction House
The series “Flordali - Les Fruits” (1969) by Salvador Dalí consists of 12 color lithographs based on illustrations from *Pomologie française: recueil des plus beaux Fruits Cultivés en France by Pierre-Antoine Poiteau—a French botanical encyclopedia published in 1846.
In the “Flordali” series of lithographs, Salvador Dalí combined many motifs characteristic of his work. His freedom in shaping compositions and his sensitivity to color contributed to the decorative nature of the works, which, in their form, represent the artist’s imaginative reinterpretation of botanical portraits of fruits. In the “Flordali – Les Fruits” series (1969), fantastical, anthropomorphized plants convey, among other things, humorous and erotic themes. Salvador Dalí saw fruit as a potential starting point for creating surrealist visions that tell complex stories. The entire series also features elements characteristic of Salvador Dalí’s painting, such as the eye motif, chicken legs, and a figure reminiscent of Don Quixote. This playful anthropomorphization of plants and fruits has parallels in earlier periods of European art history, including the paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Salvador Dalí’s works from the “Flordali – Les Fruits” series (1969) were produced in multiple editions, which differed both in print run and type of paper. It is worth noting that elements present in the “Flordali – Les Fruits” series (1969) were later reused by Salvador Dalí in a series of lithographs from the 1980s titled “Flordali II.”
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