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479 SALVADOR DALI, 'Centaur De Crete', by met on May 10, 2023 22:38:59 GMT 1,

May 10, 2023 11:09:25 GMT 1 charlottest said:

SALVADOR DALI, 1904 - 1989, A SIGNED LITHOGRAPH PRINT Titled 'Centaur De Crete', mythological half man and half horse figure, signed in pencil to margin. (approx 35.5cm x 56cm) Condition: good


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Collectors with a basic knowledge of Salvador Dalí's history will be well aware of the minefield that is the artist's print market.

For any novice enthusiasts on this message board, Google "Dali" along with "fake prints" and/or "art fraud", and read some of the articles that pop up.

You can also check out Lee Catterall's book, The Great Dalí Art Fraud & Other Deceptions (1992).



As a general precaution, I suggest avoiding any prints that are not expressly referred to (being sure to make note of all relevant details, including dimensions and edition sizes) in at least one of the following publications:

(i)  Albert Field: The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali (1996);

(ii)  Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger: DALI: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980 (1993); and

(iii)  Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger: DALI: Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II. Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956-1980 (1995).


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I believe the signed print in this thread to be fake.

It was also a passed lot last week at Swan Fine Art Auctions* in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire.


If any potential buyer is fond of the image, Le Centaure de Crête, my recommendation would be to save up and focus on the recognised, signed and numbered limited edition of 250 — released in 1972 in a larger format (about 65 x 50 cm), as part of The Dalinean Horses portfolio of 25 embossed lithographs, published by Simeon Wajntraub and Jacques Carpentier.

May 10, 2023 11:09:25 GMT 1 charlottest said:

SALVADOR DALI, 1904 - 1989, A SIGNED LITHOGRAPH PRINT Titled 'Centaur De Crete', mythological half man and half horse figure, signed in pencil to margin. (approx 35.5cm x 56cm) Condition: good


[...]

Collectors with a basic knowledge of Salvador Dalí's history will be well aware of the minefield that is the artist's print market.

For any novice enthusiasts on this message board, Google "Dali" along with "fake prints" and/or "art fraud", and read some of the articles that pop up.

You can also check out Lee Catterall's book, The Great Dalí Art Fraud & Other Deceptions (1992).



As a general precaution, I suggest avoiding any prints that are not expressly referred to (being sure to make note of all relevant details, including dimensions and edition sizes) in at least one of the following publications:

(i)  Albert Field: The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali (1996);

(ii)  Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger: DALI: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980 (1993); and

(iii)  Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Löpsinger: DALI: Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II. Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956-1980 (1995).


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I believe the signed print in this thread to be fake.

It was also a passed lot last week at Swan Fine Art Auctions* in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire.


If any potential buyer is fond of the image, Le Centaure de Crête, my recommendation would be to save up and focus on the recognised, signed and numbered limited edition of 250 — released in 1972 in a larger format (about 65 x 50 cm), as part of The Dalinean Horses portfolio of 25 embossed lithographs, published by Simeon Wajntraub and Jacques Carpentier.