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SPECIAL COPY FOR DALÍ'S DESIGNER DALÍ, SALVADOR. The Secret Life. Photographic plates; illustrations by Dalí. 4to, original 1/4 cloth over boards
SPECIAL COPY FOR DALÍ'S DESIGNER DALÍ, SALVADOR. The Secret Life. Photographic plates; illustrations by Dalí. 4to, original 1/4 cloth over boards with pictorial cover and spine labels, very light rubbing and small soil mark. Lacks dust jacket and slipcase. New York, 1942
- Notes: one of 119 copies of the special edition with an original signed pen, brush, and ink drawing. This rich and dramatic image features a figure on horseback spearing a naked, writhing victim on the ground. The drawing is inscribed to the designer of the book, william r. reinhardt: "Pour William R. Meinh... rdt / No worry." Once removed from the volume and framed; now loosely laid in. Accompanying the lot is an autograph letter to Meinhardt concerning the quality of the frontispiece of the book. Not in Dalí's hand, but Signed by him with a few words about sending him new proofs and enriched with a small ink sketch of a couple holding hands. 1 page, folded 8vo, on Del Monte Lodge letterhead. Pebble Beach, Calif., 18 March 1942. Authentication by Albert Field and Frank Hunter of the Salvador Dali Archives, Ltd. provided.
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