Salvador Dal\u00ed (1904-1989).
\n\u00abAlchemy of the Philosophers\u00bb \u2013 Paris, Editions Art et Valeur, 1976.
\nIMPORTANT WALLET CASING with two panels in the shape of two adjacent volumes in Havana leather, parchment and metal, moving resin wheel
\nCasing in the shape of 2 adjacent volumes carrying a moving wheel on one side and composition in paper pulp. Sold without the 10 engravings it originally included.
\nEdition of 275 copies.
\nSigned \u201cDali\u201d on one of the pages inside.
\nDimensions: 83 x 64 x 20 cm.
\nDirected by Yves and Ariane Lancell Gauguet,
\nThe Alchemy of the Philosophers brings together
\nancient alchemical texts and manuscripts in
\nunpublished original translations into French
\nand in English. Chinese philosophies,
\nIndian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and
\nWestern are represented by these texts
\nkeys. Dal\u00ed's book is designed to be
\neasily consulted despite its large
\nsize, thanks to the specially designed box
\nthis effect. This is an edition in the form
\nof a book-object or an artist's book (offered in a box resembling two volumes, which contains the sheets, the plates "in bulk" and an "alchemical wheel", filled with mercury): an exemplary work for the diversity of techniques, for the skills of the author and for the exceptional intuitions of artistic experimentation. The mature Dal\u00ed meditates on the principle of alchemy, based on the idea of natural metamorphosis, that is to say the belief that all metals would end up
\nturn into gold after millions
\nof years. What nature cannot improve
\nthat after a long period of time, the being
\nhuman being can achieve it through his art, and in
\nvery little time. This is the incredible myth
\nby Dal\u00ed.
\nThis work no longer contains the 10 engravings originally contained in the box.
\nBibliography: Referenced in the catalogue raisonn\u00e9 \u201cThe official Catalog of the graphic works of Salvador Dali\u201d by Albert Field under number 75-12 pages 105.
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