Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Galarina, 1981

Graphics, limited edition of 350 pieces, on handmade paper.
Each print is individually numbered.
Inscription in pencil l.d.: 22/350 Dimensions: 50 cm x 70 cm (sheet).
At the bottom dry stamp - Certified Dali Dalart NV, Copyright 1981.
Condition: very good
Provenance:
private collection, Germany

Gala Dali (real name Yelena Dyakonova) was the wife of Salvador Dali. Their relationship was based on the principles of free love. He did not hesitate to fulfill his fantasies, which included sex with three people. As Gala grew older, he began to attract men's attention with money. When money was scarce, a woman would pay with her husband's paintings.

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Spanish painter, printmaker, decorator, illustrator and painting theorist. He was a leading representative of Surrealism. From 1921 to 1926 he attended the San Fernando Academy in Madrid. In 1926 he went to Paris, where he met P. Picasso and T. Tzara, among others. He was associated with G. Eluard, who was his muse. He was friends with F. G. Lorca, L. Bunuel and R. Albertini. He spent several years in America. Since 1982, after the death of his life partner, he led a life of seclusion. Thanks to his individual creative method (paranoiac-critical), he introduced an atmosphere of the unusual and fantastic into his work. He introduced a virtuoso technique bordering on illusionism.