Image courtesy of REDSEA Gallery. Pierre Argillet was a publisher, art collector, friend and confidant of Salvador Dalí. For over 30 years they worked together on a series of almost 200 etchings – among other projects – some of which are now available for viewing and acquisition in Singapore. The exhibition is enriched by the stories that Christine Argillet has to share. The daughter of Pierre Argillet spent her teenage summers in Dalí’s house in Spain. For each of the works in the collection, she has a interesting story to tell. The public will have the chance to hear some of these stories on Sunday when the REDSEA Gallery is organizing a Q&A with the French collector, an event not to be missed. One of the highlights of the collection is the Picasso-Dali series of etchings. The series has in total eight etchings, and seven of them were brought to Singapore. Dali wanted to work with Picasso on a new set of prints, but unfortunately, the reunion never happened. Then, Dalí had an idea to solve the situation. He asked Argillet to buy a few etchings from Picasso. After that, Dalí discussed with his printmaker a way to transfer Picasso’s [...]
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