1970s Salvador Dali 'La Femme Cheval' Lithograph

Spanish Catalan Surrealist painter (1904-1989), Dali was a skilled draftsman and created inventive and unusual images, his most famous being "The Persistence of Memory" (1931). A blend of reality and fantasy characterized both his personal and artistic life. Dali was a prolific printmaker with an output of at least 1700 prints during an artistic career.

Dali "enriched" the traditional techniques by adding sometimes his own idiosyncratic but innovative and spontaneous graphic experiments. For example, on some occasions he would attack the plates with an axe or bombarded them with eggs containing lithographic ink. Some of his drypoints were produced with his 'dessin automatique' (automatic drawing) technique where the artist believed his hand movements were controlled by his subconscious mind. The result was always highly original and often fantastic and colourful.

We have a limited edition colour lithograph from the "Les Chevaux Daliniens" or "Dali's Horses" series of 25 embossed, coloured lithographs that were produced c.1970-1972. Entitled 'La Femme Cheval'. Signed and numbered "190/250" in pencil on BFK Rives paper.

The lithograph measures 54 x 39.5cm and is unframed.