Salvador DALI Babaouo  (1978)

The rare, original drypoint etching in colours on BFK Rives wove paper for the first edition (of 90) of Salvador Dali's 1978 book Babaouo (comprising one etching printed in colours and 7 woodcuts), signed by the artist in pencil and numbered from the limited edition of 90. Published by Centre Culturel de Paris and printed by Jean Capelle, Samois. Referenced in Michler/Löpsinger I, 932 & II, 1543-49, and Field p117, 78-2. Plate size: 265mm x 210mm.

In very good condition with fresh, bright colours and wide margins, one or two very light handling creases and a tiny, barely visible mark in the lower left margin. A 'surrealistically cute' and immediately recognisable print by this highly collectable and world-renowned artist. The perfect gift for someone special...

The film Babaouo, by Manuel Cussó-Ferrer, is based on an original screenplay of the same name, written by Salvador Dalí in 1932 in Paris. The word 'Babaouo' means something like 'the simpleton' or 'the innocent' and is presented as a conventional story but full of strange and irrational events that continually sidetrack the linear progression of the plot.