"LES ALPES" AKA  "THE ALPS"

S.N.C.F. 1969 RAILROAD FRENCH RAILWAYS AVANT LA LETTRE LITHOGRAPH" 

SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAISE  

BY SALVADOR DALI

DESCRIPTION:  THIS ARTWORK WAS CREATED BY SALVADOR DALI AFTER A WORK THAT DALI CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS EDITION.  THE ARTWORK WAS LITHOGRAPHICALLY REWORKED AND CORRECTED BY DALI HIMSELF.  THESE LITHOGRAPHIC REWORKED IMAGES WERE AUTHORIZED BY DALI TO BE USED IN THIS EDITION. 

THIS HAND SIGNED LITHOGRAPH BY SALVADOR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  THE WORLDWIDE TIRAGE OUTSTANDING WAS LIMITED TO AN EDITION OF 300.  THIS EXEMPLAR IS NUMBER 69/300.  DALI HAND SIGNED ONLY 300 OF THESE LITHOGRAPHS WHICH WERE PRINTED ON HEAVY ARCHIVAL WOVE PAPER BY DRAEGER MATTIEU AND JEAN SCHNEIDER, BASEL, SWITZERLAND.  BASEL IS A EUROPEAN TOWN WHERE THE FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SWISS BORDERS MEET.  AN INTERESTING UNIQUE ASPECT OF THIS PRINT IS THAT IT CONTAINS A SPECIAL GOLD SHIELD MADE OF REAL GOLD INFUSED INK WHICH IS PRINTED IN THE LOWER LEFT QUADRANT.  NOT ALL OF THE LITHOGRAPHS HAVE THIS SHIELD PRINTED ON THEM AS IT WAS RESERVED FOR ONLY A PORTION OF THE TIRAGE OF 300.  THE SHIELDS WERE PRINTED BY DRAEGER AND MATTIEU.  

THE HAND SIGNED EXEMPLARS ARE "AVANT LA LETTRE" WHICH IS FRENCH FOR "BEFORE THE LETTER".  ULTIMATELY, THE ALPS IMAGE WAS USED FOR FRENCH TRAVEL POSTERS AND LETTERS WERE ADDED TO THE EDITIONS WHICH WERE ON DIFFERENT PAPER AND WERE ALSO LARGER EDITIONS.  THE HAND SIGNED EXEMPLARS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND ARE CONSIDERED FINE ART INVESTMENTS WHICH WILL APPRECIATE AS A LONG TERM ASSETS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.   

DIMENSIONS:  THE SHEET IS AN IMPRESSIVE 24 X 36 INCHES.  THIS ARTWORK WILL BE SOLD UNFRAMED.  ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE FRAME IN THIS LISTING, IT HAS BEEN DISCARDED.

CONDITION:  THIS LITHOGRAPH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH FULL BRIGHT COLORS AND NO TEARS, FOXING, OR STAINS.  THIS ARTWORK IS SUITABLE TO BE FLOAT FRAMED IN ORDER TO DISPLAY THE ENTIRE BEAUTY OF THIS FINE ARTWORK.  THIS ARTWORK IS ON ARCHIVAL WOVE PAPER.

CATALOG RAISONNE REFERENCES:  THIS ARTWORK IS CATALOGED IN FIELD, PAGE 155 PLATE CODE 69-2.  THIS ARTWORK IS ALSO CATALOGED IN MICHLER AND LOPSINGER PAGE 129, PLATE CODE 1225.  

PROVENANCE: THIS FINE ART WAS IMPORTED FROM AN ESTATE IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.  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