Artist's print, paper 38 x 28 in light passe - partout; framed in gold frame, 72 x 49 cm; signed p.d.facsimile of signature.
Dali created more than two hundred compositions for various works by Shakespeare between 1946 and 1968, including Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VIII, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Love's Lost Spots, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard II, Richard III, All's Well That Ends Well. 31 plays from them, in metal dry needle technique, were published in two volumes (1968,1971) under the title " Much Ado About Shakespeare", which is a paraphrase of Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing".
References:
Field, A. The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvador Dalí Archives, 1996.pgs . 68-7 C.
