(Figueras 1904–1989)
Pampelmousse érotique, 1969, watercolor, gouache over 19th century etching – text page from “Bigarrade Courounnée” – a work on fruit growing, 48 x 33 cm (sheet size), 31.5 x 24.4 cm (plate size), framed

Photo-Certificate:
Nicolas R. Descharnes, Robert Descharnes, Oliver Descharnes, Archives Descharnes, Azay-le-Rideau, 14 June 2013. The work is registered in the Descharnes archive with the no. d 5225.

Provenance:
Jean Schneider, Basel – acquired directly from the artist in 1969
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne – acquired from the above in 2000

Exhibited:
Cologne, Galerie Orangerie – Reinz, Rückblick auf Positionen der Galerietätigkeit zum 40-jährigen Bestehen, 10 November – 15 January 2001

Literature:
The print is reproduced in: Albert Field, The Official Catalogue of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, The Salvador Dalí Archives, New York, 1996, no. 69–11-I, p. 54

“I strive to render the imaginary world objective and real to the exact same degree as the everyday world. What surrealism revolutionises above all are the themes in art, and to represent those I always use the same means of expression.”

(Salvador Dalí, 1934, in: Eric Shanes, Leben und Meisterwerke von Salvador Dalí, 2011)