SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) WAS A SPANISH ARTIST WELL KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE AND SURREAL PAINTING STYLE, THIS SIGNED LITHOGRAPH WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A SUITE OF TWO LITHOGRAPHS, THE ONE INCLUDED IS PRINTED ON ARCHES PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, NO. 15/75, WITH CERTIFICATE FROM CENTER ART GALLERIES HAWAII, UNFRAMED
24 1/2" X 35 3/4"
Hello, this item is a color lithograph after Salvador Dalí titled The Madonna of Port Lligat from the so called Gala Suite, numbered HC 15/75 and bearing a pencil signature lower right. The composition corresponds to Dalí’s well known religious imagery from the Port Lligat period, but the edition details and the certificate shown from Center Art Galleries Hawaii are significant. Center Art Galleries was involved in multiple controversies during the 1980s regarding the sale of Dalí prints, including works that were later determined to be unauthorized or bearing questionable signatures. The presence of an HC designation, the style of numbering, and the form of the signature as seen in the photograph require careful scrutiny against a recognized catalogue raisonné and verified publisher records. Without confirmation of a documented publisher such as Levine and Levine, Arches documentation tied to a known edition, or inclusion in a recognized Dalí print catalogue, the work cannot be assumed to be an authorized lifetime edition.