SALVADOR DALI - RETROSPECTIVE 1920 - 1980. - Lot 830

SALVADOR DALI - RETROSPECTIVE 1920 - 1980. 30 x 21 cm - 416 pages with cloth-printed cover by Pierre Frey. Impressive catalog of the exhibition presented at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, from December 18, 1979 to April 14, 1980. An important work retracing Dali's life, with numerous previously unpublished photos and correspondence, produced under the supervision of Salvador Dali and Gala. Important articles by leading specialists on the painter's work and periods, and a collection of Dali's creations from the world's greatest museums and collectors. Dali the conquistador, Dali's obsessions in disguise, Cadaqués...Dali's Catalan sources, the poet Garcia Lorca and the painter Dali, Surrealism in Hollywood, The Golden Age, Dali the writer... 342 works presented, often full-page, described, commented and analyzed. ATTACHED: RARE INVITATION TO THE VERNISSAGE OF THE EXHIBITION, cardboard cut-out showing the Venus de Milo, revisited by DALI. (plaster "la vénus aux tiroirs" made in 1936).