Kumo, the Weaver Spider

Salvador Dali (1904-1989, Spanish) “Kumo, the Weaver Spider” from ‘Japanese Fairy Tales’ (1976) Hand-signed, limited-edition original etching with stencil color. Signed in pencil by the Surrealist artist in the lower right and numbered 161/175 in the lower left margin. The image size is 19 x 15 inches, and with mat and frame, the work of art measures 35 x 31 inches (with Plexiglas.) Printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris. Published by Gerschmann, Stockholm, and Yayoi, Tokyo. Art in apparently good condition, small stain in mat lower center edge.

This image is one in a series of 10 etchings for the ‘Japanese Fairy Tales’ suite. It is referenced as number 76-1 F in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field. Edition Sizes (Tirage 300 plus proofs): -1/175 -175/175 on Arches paper; -I/CLXXV- CLXXV/CLXXV on Japon or Richard de Bas; -25 EA; -25 HC on Richard de Bas. It is referenced as Michler & Löpsinger, No. 748, and as number 76-1 F in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field.