Enfant Sauterelle

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Artist/Maker	Dali, Salvador (artist)
Place of origin	France (Designed and printed)

Heliogravure reworked in drypoint. Surrealist bodies positioned around a table appear to be being pulled backwards and melt into an unknown force. A rocky landscape, can be seen at the back, with part of it turning into a bus.

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Categories	Prints Surrealism
Object type	Print
Titles	Enfant Sauterelle (assigned by artist) Grasshopper child
Materials and techniques	Heliogravure reworked in drypoint Paper Printing Ink Heliogravure Drypoint
Brief description	Salvador Dali: 'Enfant Sauterelle', 1933.
Physical description	Heliogravure reworked in drypoint. Surrealist bodies positioned around a table appear to be being pulled backwards and melt into an unknown force. A rocky landscape, can be seen at the back, with part of it turning into a bus.
Dimensions	Image height: 363mm Image width: 293mm Platemark height: 367mm Platemark width: 301mm Sheet height: 505mm Sheet width: 419mm Height: 365.125mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1949) Width: 273.05mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1949) Dimensions from catalogue: 14 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches.
Bibliographic reference	Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1949
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.104-1949

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1107808/enfant-sauterelle-print-dali-salvador/

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