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Avondale Artworks and Richard Roberts Present
SALVADOR DALI: A MUSEUM QUALITY COLLECTION

Avondale Artworks of Jacksonville & Richard Roberts Present The Art Event of The Decade.

Special Appearances by Madame Christine Argillet

“Dali devant tablo”
Dali foreground withTapestry of Argus
Argillet Museum France 1973

Salvador Dali & Pierre Argillet working
on the Venus in Furs project. Paris 1967

Medusa
Salvador Dali – Mythologie

Piano Under Snow
Surrealist Bullfight
Salvador Dali

Madame Christine Argillet to accompany museum-quality collection of Salvador Dali’s works of original etchings, Aubusson Tapestries & original watercolors.
All of the works presented have been in the provenance of and exhibited in world-class museum collections throughout the world.

Jacksonville, Florida December 2011: Avondale Artworks is honored to announce its presentation of Salvador Dali: The Argillet Collection. The collection is available for acquisition at Jacksonville’s esteemed Avondale Artworks Gallery location in Jacksonville on Friday, February 3rd, and Saturday, February 4th, 2012. The exhibit is a rare opportunity to meet Madame Christine Argillet, daughter of Dali’s legendary publisher and confidante Pierre Argillet, with two scheduled special appearances by Madame Argillet for the public between the hours of 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm at the gallery on both Friday and Saturday evenings. Previews begin January 27th, 2012.

Meet Madame Argillet

Friday February 3rd, 2012
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Avondale Artworks
3562 Saint John’s Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida
904.384.8797

PLEASE RSVP TO: 904.384.8797

For more information about this event, contact Mr. Ken Stutes via email at ken@avondaleartworks.com or to reach the gallery directly, or to RSVP, call 904.384.8797

Salvador Dali’s publisher, Pierre Argillet (1910-2001) and Dali enjoyed a collaboration and a friendship that spanned five decades; and produced what art historians have termed “the finest bodies of the Master’s Art”. This collection made available by the Argillet Estate is…truly..a privilege and an opportunity for the collector to own a prominent piece of Dali’s legacy.

Pierre Argillet’s body of Dali’s etchings, original works and books appear in museums throughout the world, and have enjoyed a home at the Museum of Surrealism in Melun, France (Pierre Argillet’s former home “Chateau Vaux-le-Penil” and former museum) as well as in the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. The collection is also housed at the prestigious Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Together, Argillet & Dali created remarkable editions of original prints, lived the true “Surrealists” life, and developed images that are prized by collectors today.

This exhibition and collection opportunity offers works from Dali’s Suites, including Mythologie, Les Hippies, Goethe’s Faust, and the incomparable Poemes Secrets d’Apollinaire. Madame Argillet has also graciously included the rare titles, Etchings and Watercolors from 1934 to the late 1960′s, as well as the magnificent Aubusson Tapestries created in 1973, simultaneously with the opening of The Dali Museum (Teatro Museo) in Figueres, Spain (1974) and Pierre Argillet’s Museum in Melun, France (1973). Housed in this collection is “Femmes dans les Vagues“, 1972, a hand-woven Aubusson that leaves one breathless.

Salvador Dali: The Argillet Collection
A Rare & Impassioned Collaboration Between Artist and Publisher

Collection on Exhibition & Available for Acquisition January 27th Through February 4th, 2012

It has often been said by those in the art world that:

“Salvador Dali was the creative genius….and Pierre Argillet was the publishing genius”

Salvador Dali & Christine Argillet

Artwork on Exhibition & Available for Acquisition

AvondaleArtworks.com

Madame Christine Argillet , Los Angeles, California 2011

High-Resolution Artwork ( 300dpi) Available to Media/Press Upon Request
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About Avondale Artworks Gallery:

Avondale Artworks, one of Jacksonville’s finest art galleries, was started in 2009 by accomplished landscape photographer Ken Stutes. The gallery features artwork by local and regional artists of merit, as well as periodic exhibits of works by national, international, and celebrity artists. Located in the Shoppes of Historic Avondale, the gallery houses one of the region’s largest selections of art and includes art work in most every medium and style. Additionally, the gallery provides commercial and residential artwork and framing, giclee printing, and art workshops. For more information, visit the gallery at 3562 St. Johns Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida, or visit their website at AvondaleArtworks.com

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