The Lion's Court

The Lion's Court is an srtwork realized by  Salvador Dalì in 1974.

Etching and drypoint with stencil.

Printed by Atelier Rigal. Edition XIV/CXX on Auvergne paper.

It belongs to the suite "Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé.

Prov. Private Collection, Germany. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger n. 663

Good conditions, except for some yellowing of the sheet on the sides.

The portfolio, comprising 12 drypoints with pochoir, 11 printed in colours, 1974, each signed in pencil, numbered  (from the total edition of 682 on various papers), also numbered on the title page, with the title page and table of contents, loose (as issued), contained in the original brown velvet-covered portfolio (lacking the justification).

Salvador Dalí was an icon of Surrealism, the 20th-century avant-garde movement that sought to release unconscious creative potential through art that featured dreamlike imagery. Dalí's fantastical prints, paintings, sculptures, films, and writing helped cement the movement's identity. Working off psychoanalytic ideas, Dalí rendered fantastical creatures and landscapes that could unsettle and awe. His 1931 canvas The Persistence of Memory is one of the most recognizable artworks of all time. Dalí exhibited widely in his lifetime, and his works belong in the collections of institutions including the Tate, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. His work has fetched multimillions of dollars on the secondary market.