Object number1991.26.3.4
Ace of Diamonds
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Playing Cards
Date1972
Artist
Salvador Dalí
(Spanish, 1901-1989)
Publisher
Puiforcat-Orfevre
(Paris)
CultureSpanish
MediumColor lithograph on Arches paper
EditionEdition 77 of 150, plus 5 artist's proofs and 20 in Roman numerals
DimensionsImage: 14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in. (36 x 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 25 13/16 x 19 13/16 in. (65.5 x 50.3 cm)
Matted: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Sheet: 25 13/16 x 19 13/16 in. (65.5 x 50.3 cm)
Matted: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Reese Palley and Marilyn Arnold Palley
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right in pencil: Dalí
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower left in pencil: 77/150
Exhibition HistoryPlaying Cards in the Project Gallery, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 1 - August 31, 2014;A Long Affair: Surrealism 1924 to Now, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, June 22 - September 15, 2024
DescriptionAn ace of diamonds playing card with a melting timepiece at center with a sword piercing a diamond at the middle and an ant walking over the upper center of the clock face.
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