Moses Etching and Pochoir by Salvador Dali	Moses Etching and Pochoir by Salvador Dali Framed and Matted

Original etching in black ink on Japon paper by Salvador Dali with porchoir (stencil) applied color from 1975. Titled Moses, the etching shows a mountain (Mt. Sinai) merged with Moses; the 10 commandments appear in the center. Plate 5 from the 1975 suite titled Our Historical Heritage. This impression is one of the unauthorized etchings published by Leon Amiel, created from the same plates/stencils that were used for the authorized editions. (Amiel exceeded the number of impressions he was contractually limited to make. Instead of stopping when the official edition was fulfilled, his organization kept printing. And he kept selling.)

Reference: Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, The Salvador Dali Archives, 1996, No. 75-4, Image C, Pp. 101. Field lists an edition of 400, an edition of 300, 70 additional impressions using Roman numerals, and some proofs. Field was also aware of “restrikes” of some images from the suite. Field was Dali’s secretary and had access to the officially contracted edition sizes.

Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dali: Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings and Mixed Media Prints, 1924-1980, Volume I, Prestel, 1995, No. 760. Michler and Lopsinger were aware of unauthorized editions seen in the market. See quote below from Michler and Lopsinger on the unauthorized editions.

• Artist: Salvador Dali, (Spanish, 1888-1985)
• Title: Moses
• Date: 1975
• Edition: From one of the unauthorized editions by Leon Amiel
• Image (plate) size: 22-3/4 in H x 16 in. W (57.8 cm H x 40.6 cm W)
• Sheet size: 39-1/2 in H x 27-1/2 in W (100.3 cm H x 69.9 cm W)

Matted in gray acid-free matting and framed in a modern black frame. Covered in acrylic. In very good condition, with slightly faded colors. (There is numbering and a signature in pencil in the lower margins of the sheet behind the matte. But since this is from one of the unauthorized edition, they were added by the publisher, not by Dali. If they were actually by Dali, we would show them, and our pricing would be 3-4x higher.)

Price is $1,600 USD. Certificate of Authenticity from J D Smith Fine Art will clearly identify this as from the unauthorized edition. Free shipping to North America on this piece. Shipment insured for purchase price.

Quote from Michler and Lopsinger (in the Appendix): “The publisher, Leon Amiel, far exceeded the limited edition. Vast numbers of prints exist with forged signatures and every kind of numbering; thus, no realistic edition details of this portfolio can be supplied.”