El Cid

Salvador Dali

1965; printed about 1966

  • Titles El Cid (Title)
  • Artist Salvador Dalí, Spanish, 1904 - 1989
  • Medium etching
  • Dimensions sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 15/16 in. (34.9 × 27.8 cm) plate: 6 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (17.5 × 12.4 cm) mat: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the Collector's Guild, New York, 1966.136
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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