Salvador Dali
Les Hippies, The Old Hippie – Le Vieil Hippie, 1969 – 1970
ML/Argillet #384; Fields #69 – 13 A.
Hand-colored drypoint etching on archival paper.
Original, hand-colored drypoint etching on archival paper.
Hand-signed and numbered at the lower margins.

In 1969, Pierre Argillet returned from India with many photographs, which Dalí used as groundwork for a series titled “Les Hippies,” his own interpretation of the “Love and Peace” years. The etchings reveal the artist’s superb, spontaneous, and consummate technique at the peak of his maturity. Outlandish, surrealist characters or situations appear through intricate whirls or golden halos.

Les Hippies: Suite of 11 original drypoint etchings published in 1969–1970. 20 x 25 inches.
Edition size: 1-145 signed, numbered, and hand-colored on Arches and I-C with hand-coloring on Japanese paper.

Salvador Dali – Off The Wall Gallery, Houston, Texas.