{"product_id":"the-dragon","title":"Salvador Dali-The Green Dragon","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist: Salvador Dali \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePortfolio: Salvador Dalí’s 1967 portfolio based on the poems of Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong), \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium: Etching with colors reworked in drypoint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 18 x 11 in sheet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignature: Hand Signed lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: 85\/95 from the deluxe Japon paper edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Pierre Argillet \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare and highly desirable impression from this portfolio \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMao Tse-Tung, the iconic figure and absolute leader \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Communist China and leader of the Cultural \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevolution in China, was also surprisingly a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ecalligrapher and graceful and eloquent poet. Amid the Cultural Revolution in China, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efollowed by the May 1968 riots in France, Pierre \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eArgillet brought the book “Poems” by Mao Tse-Tung \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eto Dalí. Tickled, the artist decided to create eight \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eillustrations, some of which were political satires. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe “Hundred Flowers” are shown as towering fleurs de-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elis, symbols of royalty, with people attempting to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ereach them. Crowns emerge from the “River of Plenty.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Argillet asked Dalí why his “Bust of Mao” was \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eheadless in a Chinese uniform, Dalí replied: “Well, the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eman is so tall that he didn’t fit on the page!”—“And what \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eabout these small dancing “Demons?”—“To the Chinese, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethey are Japanese!” The “Dragon” is a female monster, the “Three Mountains of Peace” are hardly larger than rocks, and the “Turtle Mountain,” shown as gigantic, antediluvian animals, wanders in the midst of excrements resembling the Yin and Yang symbol.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e As to the splendid “Small \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorses,” their pirouettes call to mind the Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eperiod but also the longing for freedom. \u003c\/i\u003e© Argillet Collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salvador Dali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42504107622485,"sku":null,"price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/4701\/4485\/files\/Salvador_Dali_-_The_Green_Dragon.jpg?v=1779837669","url":"https:\/\/thearthowseglobal.com\/products\/the-dragon","provider":"The Art Howse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}