Product Details
Dali & Ocelot by Raphael Balme (See the story below)
Limited Edition Print (taken from an original oil painting)
Edition 150
Signed and stamped on reverse.
Paper: 310gsm, archival quality, acid-free, aquarelle rag.
UNFRAMED PRINT SIZE: A2 / 420 x 594mm / 42 x 59.4cm / 16.5 x 23.4 inches
FRAMED SIZE (Oak, white, black, putty, all with mount): 558 x 732mm / 55.8 x 73.2cm / 22 x 28.8 inches
FRAMED SIZE (Deep brown, without mount): 528 x 702mm / 52.8 x 70.2cm / 20.8 x 27.6 inches
Frame options: Oak with mount, White with mount, Black with mount, Putty with mount, Deep brown without mount
Please note: Our framers are recognised by the Fine Art Trade Guild for their quality because the custom frames have tightly pinned corners, and are made from precision cut wood in England, made bespoke for each order. All our frames are glazed with our Clarity+ Perspex. It's cut from the highest quality acrylic sheet that's both crystal clear, but also safe and filters out 99% of UV light to protect the artwork.
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The Story
The Shop Floor Project has commissioned British artist Raphael Balme to create a series of oil paintings which celebrate historical figures with their exotic pets and, in the case of Virginia Woolf, their alter egos.
Expertly reproduced by our printers who are members of the Fine Art Trade Guild, the collection includes; Frida Kahlo & Fawn, King John & Polar bear, Empress Josephine & Orangutan plus Mozart & Starling among others...
Dali & Ocelot
The Spanish surrealist kept his pet ocelot, Babou, in tow during the 1960s, even on the glamorous ocean liner SS France. The Colombian cat once accompanied him to an art gallery in Paris to the horror of the owner, who furiously confronted Dalí about the animal making a “nuisance” all over priceless engravings. Dalí responded, “A nuisance of Dalí’s can only increase their value.”
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