Frocin, le mauvais nain - From "Tristan et Iseult"

Colour-printed drypoint etching, from the series of 21 etchings of “ Tristan et Iseult”.

Monogrammed “ S.D .”in graphite on lower-right  margin. Italian Edition, Wucua e Grafica Contemporanea: 125 on Lana, of which the first 25 copies contain a signed suite. Die stamp “G.C.” on the bottom left. In addition, 3 copies designated “A.C.”

This sheet of the print suite is in perfect conditionand with fresh impression. One of the 21 illustrations realised by Salvador Dalí for the print suite of "Tristan and Isolde", published in 1969. Dalí here shows and illustrates in graphics one of his many interpretations of the story of Tristan and Isolde, a very popular 12th-century tale of romance and tragedy of literature, music, and art. The story presents many different variations of the same plot.

Reference: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dalì, Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980, Prestel, 1994, Munich, pag. 184, image n. 413.