[Visual Arts] Dalí, Salvador. (1904–1989)
"Salvador Dali's Best "- Signed 5 Times!
Signed booklet, 12pp. 16mo., New York, Jan. 31, 1955, printed by the Circus Saints & Sinners Club for a luncheon honoring Dali. The booklet bears the title: "SALVADOR DALI'S BEST" and is signed by him on the cover. Each of the four blank pages within are additionally hastily signed by the eccentric artist. Cover toned, else very good. From the collection of New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons.On January 31, 1955, Dali agreed to be a “roastee” for the Dexter Fellows Tent, which was the New York City chapter of the Circus Saints and Sinners Association, a private fraternal organisation founded in 1932 and devoted to fun and fund-raising for good causes.
The Post column “The Lyons Den” ran from 1934 to 1974 and Lyons was one of the major showbiz movers and shakers, on a par with Walter Winchell and Earl Wilson. He got to know Dali and they’d get together regularly when Dali was in New York, usually at the St Regis Hotel’s King Cole Lounge. Lyons would report in his column what Dali was up to, often based on letters Dali wrote to him from Spain. (8120)
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