Salvador DaliCheval Royal – Royal Charger. 1970.
- Ref: 648938/19690
SOLD
Original etching with drypoint, aquatint and stencil watercolour, with the inkless texture relief over-print. 1970. Signed in pencil. Numbered in pencil from the edition of 100 on Arches paper. (There was also an edition of 100 on Japan paper). Printed at the studio of Georges Visat, Paris 1970. Edition issued by Argillet, Paris, 1970.
Reference: MIchler Lopsinger: Dali Etchings no 429.
This impression is from the original edition printed from the plates created by Dali at the Visat studio and shows the mark of the plate edges. It also has the inkless textural relief over-print, which is only found in special impressions of the first edition – see note below. (There was also a later issue from facsimile plates but in these impressions there is no plate mark.)
Excellent impression with fresh strong colours and with the textural surface from the inkless overprint.. On pale cream Arches. Excellent condition. Wide margins. Plate: 312 x 250 mm
Dali created and etched this very well-known composition working with Georges Visat. Visat was one of the most influential printers of artist's works in etching in Paris from the 1930's onwards. His understanding of the special visual tones and effects which could be created through varying ways of using the medium had a profound effect first on the pre-war Surrealist circle and then, in the post-war years, on very many of the great artists of the era from Giacometti to Delaunay and including Dali.
The use of the overprinted plate with textural biting but no ink (found only on some impressions of the first issue of ‘Cheval Royal’, such as here) demonstrates the way in which the master printer Georges Visat helped artists of the era with ideas to expand the visual effects achievable through etching.
