Salvador Dali
Surrealistic Bullfight: Piano Under The Snow, (Le Piano Sous La Neige)1966 -1967.
ML/Argillet #156; Fields #70-11 F.
Original etching reworked in drypoint and hand-colored on Japon paper.
Hand-signed and numbered in pencil at the lower margins.
A certificate of authenticity is provided by the issuing authority.

Surrealist Bullfight is inspired by Picasso’s “Tauromachie” these etchings epitomize Dalí’s style with their burlesque touches. A burning giraffe, a lion, or a statue stands in the arena, while bishops are seen blessing macabre parades, where the bull ends up in the grand piano. Parrots and fish turn into toreadors, meanwhile, a hallucinogenic matador, like a sad clown, gazes at the audience. Lastly, a huge monster coming out of a television set devours the whole scene. A Catalan theme revisited by Picasso, then “Dalínized,” the “Surrealistic Bullfight” is seen as a ghoulish, delirious farce. © The Argillet Collection.

Suite of 7 original etchings reworked in drypoint, with hand-coloring and stencil. Published in 1966-67, 20 x 26 inches.
Edition size: 1-150 signed and numbered on Arches and I-C on Japanese paper.

Salvador Dali – Off The Wall Gallery Houston, Texas.