Salvador Dalí

SALVADOR DALI DOMENECH (1904–1989)
Dalí Bibliophile Edition. One Thousand and One Nights.
A bibliophile’s edition featuring previously unpublished works by Dalí.
Limited and numbered edition, published by Enciclopèdia Catalana in 2014.
Copy 965/999.
The set consists of a fabric-lined box with a metal plaque and two books: one large-format volume and one study volume. It reproduces, in actual size and with impeccable resolution, 50 of the 100 watercolors that Dalí painted in 1966 to illustrate an edition of *The Thousand and One Nights* that was never published.

• Large-format book
Page size: 35 × 45.5 cm
Pages: 224
Interior printing: 4 + 4 inks (four-color process)
Interior paper: 260 g Insize Modigliani Candido NEW
Binding: hardcover lined with K2 THERMO Gold faux leather
Two-color embossing on front cover and spine
Rounded spine
Dry-stamped seal and hand-numbered by a calligrapher on the last page
Fine protective paper in front of each illustration (50 pages)

• Study book
Page size: 21 × 28.5 cm
Pages: 192
Interior printing: 4 + 4 colors (four-color process)
Interior paper: 170 g semi-matte coated paper
Binding: hardcover lined with Geltex
1-color embossing on front cover and spine
Straight spine

• Features of the lined box
Approximate measurements: 46 × 55 × 10 cm
Two-piece box (lid and base)
Exterior of both lids lined with special fabric
Interior of the lids and side panels lined with pink-flecked Geltex
Gold-plated metal plaque engraved with the title and the artist’s name

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
The son of notary Salvador Dalí y Cusí, with whom he had a difficult relationship that shaped his career, Salvador Dalí attributed part of his unique personality to the fact that he had inherited the name of a brother who had died before his birth. He studied in Figueres and at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid, from which he was expelled twice. During his time at the Residencia de Estudiantes, he came into contact with the core group of the future Generation of ’27 and befriended Buñuel, García Lorca, and Pepín Bello, while also developing an interest in the avant-garde and Futurism.
In the mid-1920s, he began exhibiting in Barcelona and started working on stage design. His paintings, writings, and lectures sparked intense controversy, especially following the 1928 Yellow Manifesto. In 1930, he fully embraced Surrealism and formulated his paranoiac-critical method. Having settled in Paris, he became one of the central figures of the Surrealist movement and expanded his work into the field of set design. In 1934, he married Gala, his muse and a pivotal figure in his artistic career and public image.
Between 1940 and 1948, he lived primarily in New York, where he cemented his international fame through exhibitions, publications, and a strong media presence. His departure from Surrealist orthodoxy and his support for Franco’s regime beginning in 1939 led to his expulsion from the group by André Breton. Upon his return to Spain in 1948, he转向ed his work toward mysticism and the Spanish pictorial and literary traditions.
In his later years, he engaged in a wide range of activities: set design, film, illustration, printmaking, jewelry, sculpture, design, and major exhibitions. He designed the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres, which opened in 1974, and received important honors, such as the Gold Medal of the Generalitat and the title of Marquis of Púbol in 1982. After Gala’s death, he led a more secluded life. The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation was established in 1984, and museums dedicated to his work were subsequently opened in Berlin and St. Petersburg, Florida.