Salvador Dalí, Issun-bōshi (The Inch-High Samurai), from Japanese Fairy Tales

1974
Drypoint with pochoir in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 47.9 x 38.7 cm (18 7/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
S. 64.8 x 49.5 cm (25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Signed and annotated 'B.A.T' in pencil, with additional annotations 'bleu clair de loup - ciel', 'bleu foncé loup-terrain' and 'LITTLE ONE INCH' in pencil (the bon-a-tirer or 'good to print' proof before the edition of 175, there was also an edition of 75 in Roman numerals on Richard de Bas), further inscribed and signed 'Epreuve faisant partie de notre collection' by Denise Rigal in pencil on the reverse, published by Gerschmann, Stockholm, unframed.

Provenance:
Atelier Rigal, Paris
Private Collection, France

Literature:
Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Lopsinger 742