DALI DIVINE INFERNO CENTAUR ETCHING SIGNED AND FRAMED From Guiseppe Albarettos Private Collection VERY RARE! Start Price USD 9,995.00 Current Price USD 9,995.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 Location Plano, Texas See more about 'DALI DIVINE INFERNO CENTAUR ETCHING SIGNED AND FRAMED' Description DALI DIVINE INFERNO CENTAUR ETCHING SIGNED AND FRAMED Dali's Divine Inferno #25 Centaur "They had their hands , which were behind them, tied with serpents: through their loins these thrust the tail" Wood engraving in color on  Rives paper. One of one hundred illustrations of Dante's "Divine Comedy", after a watercolor. Hand signed in pencil by the artist, also signed in block. Published by Les Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, Paris. Blindstamp of the editor and artistic director of Les Heures Claires, Mr. Jean Estrade, lower left margin and signed in pencil by Estrade on the verso. One of several examples annotated 'g.a.' with and alphabet letter (there are also twenty-five examples annotated 'g.a.' and numbered in Arabic numerals, eight examples annotated 'g.a.' and numbered in Roman numerals and some examples not annotated and unnumbered). From the collection of Mr. Guiseppe Albaretto, friend, patron, and business associate of the artist and an owner of Les Heures Claires, the publisher. This work was hand singed in pencil by Salvador Dali on November 24, 1974 in Paris. Dali provided a letter verifying the signing and provenence, with the work (now on file at Park West Gallery). The letter reads as follows: " I, the undersigned Master Salvador Dali, certify by this letter to having signed by my hand at the "Heures Claires" 19, rue Bonaparte, Paris, this series of 100 illustrations of the "Divine Comedy" of Dante, produced as wood engraving. Carried out in Paris, November 24 1974. Master Salvador Dali" The 100 wood engravings for the " Divine Comedy were executed over a fourteen year period from 1951 to 1964. From 1951 to 1960, Dali painted the 101 watercolors which were used as studies for the wood engravings. From 1960 to 1964, Raymond Jacquet created the more than 3,000 wood blocks which were necessary for the complete "Divine Comedy" with the participation and final approval of Salvador Dali for each of the 100 engravings. Framed Size 26 x 22 3/4 COA and Current Appraisal will be provided. Appraised for $11,495 3 Years Ago. Place a Bid!