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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Galleria dell'Obelisco

Come Vi Piace (As you like it) - William Shakespeare, 1948

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€ 4.500 - 5.000

Sold

€ 5.730

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Rome, Carlo Bestetti - Art Editions for the Obelisk Collection, 1948. Color and black reproductions of the sketches and sets and costumes designed by Dalì for Luchino Visconti on the occasion of the representation of As you like it. .. Texts by Irene Brin, Emilio Cecchi, Salvador Dalì, Silvio d'Amico, Gerardo Guerrieri and Luchino Visconti. Measurements 342 x 245 mm. Editorial paperback with drawings and writings by Dalì, small tears and defects. Inside the upper cover, Alberto Savinio dedicates to Clerici: "To dear Fabrizio with the secret and" infamous "pact. Alberto". Together in the lot a signed typewritten letter and two postcards by Irene Brin; three exhibition catalogs of the Obelisk, including the rare Picasso in Russia , from 1954, and Toulouse-Lautrec from 1947.

Specialist Notes

Extremely rare room program published by & nbsp; Carlo Bestetti Edizioni d'Arte & nbsp; (« Collection of the Obelisk ») on the occasion of the first performance at & nbsp; Eliseo Theater of Rome & nbsp; ( November 26, 1948 ) of & nbsp; As you like & nbsp; ( As You Like It ) of < / span> & nbsp; William & nbsp; Shakespeare & nbsp; in the famous staging of & nbsp; Luchino Visconti , with the sets and costumes by & nbsp; Salvador Dalì .
12 pages of advertising + 20 pages of texts and 8 color plates applied, & nbsp ; reproducing some sketches of the scenes and costumes designed by & nbsp; Dalì . & nbsp; The l editorial cardboard drawing illustrated in color by Salvador Dalì. Inside, black illustrations in the text and, outside the text, 8 color reproductions of the sketches of the Dalì's scenes and costumes, each applied to collage on cardboard ( one of the tables has the & nbsp; theory of shadows designed by Fabrizio Clerici; for this work & nbsp; Dalí thanks Clerici with the telegram present here in Lot 32 ). & nbsp; There is also a director's note signed by & nbsp; Visconti , a short text of & nbsp; Dalì , and critical interventions by & nbsp; Emilio Cecchi , & nbsp; Silvio D'Amico , & nbsp; Gerardo Guerrieri .