Salvador DALI (1904-1989). THE DALINIAN HORSES,... Lot 121

Salvador DALI (1904-1989). THE DALINIAN HORSES, 1970-2. Portfolio of 25 embossed lithographs signed and numbered 173/250 (65 x 50 cm). Published by Jacques Carpentier and Simon Wajntrob, printed by Wolfensberger in Zurich, 1973. In-folio in illustrated publisher's slipcase. Edition of 298 copies, on Arches BFK Rives paper: - 250 portfolios numbered from 1 to 250; - 33 lettered folios E. A.; - 15 lettered folios A to O. In 1973, Wolfensberger had 300 sets of lithographs delivered to a hotel in Le Boulou, a small town on the Spanish border, for signing and numbering: Dali, noticing that there were two sets too many, immediately threw them into the fireplace, where they slowly burned up, under the incredulous eyes of Carpentier and Wajntrob. Titles: 73-01-01 The Christian Knight; 73-01-02 The Trojan Horse; 73-01-03 The Centurion; 73-01-04 Horace's Chimera; 73-01-05 The Roman Knight; 73-01-06 The Picador; 73-01-07 The Horse of Triumph; 73-01-08 Lady Godiva; 73-01-09 St. George; 73-01-10 The Horsewoman; 73-01-11 Don Quixote; 73-01-12 Clavilegnio; 73-01-13 The Victim of the Party; 73-01-14 The Sea Horse; 73-01-15 Bucephalus; 73-01-16 Caligula's Horse; 73-01-17 The Unicorn; 73-01-18 The Laboured Horse; 73-01-19 The Crested Centaur; 73-01-20 The Spring Horse; 73-01-21 The Medieval Knight; 73-01-22 Neptune; 73-01-23 The Knight of Death; 73-01-24 The Racing Horse; 73-01-25 Pegasus. Bibliography: Prestel 1258 to 1282. Field 72-6 page 170.