Les Amours Jaunes. Engravings (full portfolio), 1978XLV/CC
Sheet size: 38x28 cm
Plate dimensions: 30x21.5 cm
Each sheet has edition and signature at the bottom in pencil. Edition on the colophon.
Collection of 10 aquatints and black and gold collages in loose sheets, illustrating the poems of "Les Amours Jaunes" by Tristan Corbière: La Poète contumace; À l'éternel Madame; In memory of Zulma; art flower; Good luck and luck; decline; insomnia; Pudentians; Duel with camellias; Le crapaud.
Work created by Pierre Belafond, Paris, with the collaboration of Bellini and Daniel Jacomet.
Total edition: CC copies numbered from I/CC to CC/CC.
Publisher: Sedd precious editions, Milan.
Japanese mother-of-pearl paper hand-dyed by Giovanni de Stefanis.
Certificate of Authenticity from SEED, Milan.
Publication: R. Michler, LW Lopsinger, p. 228; Albert Field, page 96
“Salvador Dalì, Catalog raisonné of etchings and mixed media prints, 1924-1980”, R. Michler, LW Lopsinger, Prestel, 1994, Munich, pag. 228; "The official catalog of the graphic works of Salvador Dalì", 1996, Albert Field, page 96; "Dalì the genius", Arti Grafiche Favia srl, Bari, 2011, pag. 66-78.
Excellent general conditions and state of conservation.
Job information:
This Dali artwork illustrates the poems “Les Amours Jaunes” by Tristan Corbiere. Tristan Corbiere was a French poet who was a “cursed poet” figure and whose work was close to symbolism and a precursor to surrealism. Corbière's poetry adopted an incisive and cynical style, due above all to the experiences he had in his life. Since symbolism and surrealism are both about the fantastic and the irrational, it can be easy to imagine why Dali chose Corbiere's poems as a source of inspiration. Dali's work captures the essence of the poems: gold serves to glamorize voyeurism and emphasize the erotic components of the poems.