SALVADOR DALI : 1904-1989

Koln, Germany: Taschen, 1998. 224pp., colour art plates throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. White title to front panel of blue boards, which are negligibly bumped at foot only. Previous owner's gift inscription to lower half-title page, a smattering of tiny ink spots (offset from inscription) to opposite free endpaper, else leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated ('Searching for the Fourth Dimension' - detail - 1979) dustjacket near fine. "Painter, sculptor, writer and film maker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis to the art of painting . . . This lively biography presents the infamous Surrealist in full colour and in his own words. His provocative ideas are all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe." Contents include: The Dandy and His Mirror, The Proof of Love, Edible Beauty, The Conquest of the Irrational, The Magic Secrets of Avida Dollars, The Mystical Manifesto, Paths to Immortality, Dali : A Chronology, Notes, Bibliography, Dali's Exhibitions., Picture Credits. Book weight approx. 1.49 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Near Fine.