Salvador Dali - Shunboshi - Japanese Fairy Tales etching

Artist: Salvador Dali
Folder: Japanese Fairy Tales
Medium: Drypoint etching colored with stencil on Archers. Watermark (image 5)
Sheet no: 96/175
Edition: 300 etchings - 175 numbered 1-175 (Arches), 75 numbered I-LXXV (Richard de Bas), 25 numbered HC1-HC25 (Richard de Bas) and 25 HC unnumbered (Richard de Bas).
Date: 1974
Image dimensions: 48 x 38 cm
Sheet dimensions: 65 x 50 cm
Signature: Hand signed by the artist in pencil
Frame: No frame. Loose leaf, removed from previous framing
Condition report: Very good condition. The paper is uncut. Yellowed, slightly wavy edges and has remains after fixing on the back. Colors slightly toned down.
Reference: Michel & Löpsinger 742, Albert Field 76-1 I
Certificate of authenticity issued by the Gallery with repurchase guarantee included

About the work:

Shunboshi, also known as the One-Inch Boy, sometimes translated as "The Inch-High Samurai", is a figure that originates from a Japanese folktale. Born from to an elderly couple, they gave him his name after seeing how small he was. After realizing he would never grow, yet he would go on a journey and become a samurai, Issun-bōshi is given a sewing needle for a sword, a soup bowl for a boat, and chopsticks for oars for his journey.