Diego Colón Signed After Salvador Dalí Print "The Discovery of America...," 1982

Item Details

After Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)
Diego Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel (Spanish, born 1950)
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, 1982
Lithograph on paper
Spurious Dalí signature to lower right; Diego Colón signature and stamped seal to lower left.
Numbered 233/300
Published by Gilbert Hamon
Watermark to the upper left: BFK Rives / France with infinity symbol.
Seal of Diego Colón, Marqués de Aguilafuente
Diego Colón Certificate of Authenticity to verso; Colón family genealogy information to verso; printed photographs of Diego Colón signing print

Diego Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel is the 20th Marqués de Aguilafuente and a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus. He signed and stamped the Colón family seal on a number of the unauthorized lithographs Gilbert Hamon published of Salvador Dalí’s painting The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, painted 1958–59, and now in the Dalí Museum collection. The lithograph was printed in early 1982 on BFK Rives paper milled after 1979. Representatives from the Museum did not approve the creation of these lithographs. The Dalí signature is spurious. By this point the artist’s health was too poor for him to control tremors in his hands and Dalí was unable to sign his name in a firm hand.

Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres, Spain and is known for his Surrealist and otherworldly compositions. He was encouraged to pursue his artistic inclinations at a young age and in 1922 he enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain. As most artists during his lifetime, Dalí moved to Paris to collaborate with his contemporaries including Picasso, Magritte, and Miró. Dalí’s body of work is based on his ability to translate his profound understanding of what is just beyond human consciousness into something tangible. Dalí’s extensive oeuvre can be seen in many public collections including the MoMA, New York; the Salvador Dalí Museum, Florida; and the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago among many others.

Condition

- sheet misaligned in mat; scratches to upper right; abrasions, chips, and bumped corners to frame; slight tears to backing paper.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sheet 24.75"W x 35.25"H; stone 22.5"W x 30"H.

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Item #

ITMGS65573