PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON SEPIA ETCHING FROM THE FIVE AMERICANS SUITE

THE SURREAL CHERRY TREE

BY SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989, CATALAN)

DESCRIPTION:  THIS FINE ARTWORK WAS CREATED  BY SALVADOR DALI IN 1967.  THIS ORIGINAL ETCHING IS A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE SEPIA RED COLOR THAT WAS PRINTED BY JEAN SCHNEIDER IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND . THE ARTWORK IS GUARANTEED TO BE HAND SIGNED IN PENCIL BY SALVADOR DALI IN THE LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT.  THE PAPER IS ARCHIVAL ARCHES OR RIVES COTTON RAG PAPER AND HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUT OF THE FRAME.  THE FRAME IS SOLID HARDWOOD WITH A BRUSHED GUN METAL EFFECT AND HAS MATTING AND A INNER FILLET THAT COMPLEMENTS THE ARTWORK VERY NICELY.  THE ARTWORK IS SOLD WITH THE FRAME. 

TIRAGE:  THE WORLDWIDE TIRAGE OUTSTANDING WAS LIMITED TO 200 PLUS PROOFS.  THIS EXEMPLAR IS NUMBERED 20/125 IN THE LOWER LEFT QUADRANT FROM THE EDITION OF 125 IN SEPIA.  THIS ARTWORK HAS NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO MUCH SUNLIGHT AND DOES NOT SHOW SIGNS OF SOLARISATION WHICH OFTEN TURNS THE SEPIA TO A BROWNISH COLOR.    EXAMPLES OF THIS ARTWORK ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND ARE CONSIDERED FINE ART INVESTMENTS WHICH WILL APPRECIATE AS A LONG TERM ASSET FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.   

DIMENSIONS:  THE PLATE IMAGE IS IS 5 X 6 INCHES.  THE FRAMED DIMENSIONS ARE: 17 X 14 INCHES. 

CONDITION:  THIS ETCHING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH FULL BRIGHT COLORS AND NO TEARS, OR FOXING.  THE VISIBLE MARGINS ARE CLEAN, HOWEVER THE ARTWORK HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUT OF THE FRAME. 

CATALOG RAISONNE REFERENCES:  THIS ARTWORK IS CATALOGED IN FIELD, PAGE 28 PLATE CODE 67-3.  THIS ARTWORK IS ALSO CATALOGED IN MICHLER AND LOPSINGER.

PROVENANCE: THIS FINE ART CAME FROM AN ESTATE IN FLORIDA, USA.  THIS ARTWORK IS GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC.  A CURRENT HAND SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY LAURENT ASHTON ON ARCHIVAL LAID PAPER WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ARTWORK.

ESCROW IS ACCEPTED IF BUYER PAYS. OVERSEAS SHIPPING MAY BE SLIGHTLY MORE. INSURANCE IS MANDATORY. 

 
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.

REGARDS,

LAURENT ASHTON