Les Chants de Maldoror

Author Written by le Comte de Lautréamont French

Etcher Salvador Dalí Spanish

Publisher Published by Editions Albert Skira French

1934

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Title: Les Chants de Maldoror
Author: Written by le Comte de Lautréamont (French, 1846–1870)
Etcher: Salvador Dalí (Spanish, Figueres 1904–1989 Figueres)
Publisher: Published by Editions Albert Skira , Paris
Date: 1934
Medium: Etchings
Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/2 x 10 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. (34.3 x 26.8 x 4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942
Object Number: 42.140
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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