The World best of Salvador Dali, Robert Descharnes, Crown Publishers, 1962

"Few living artists have attracted as much popular attention as Salvador Dali. The creations of his bizarre and fertile imagination attract interest and controversy whenever they are exhibited. Yet in spite of this attention best, Dali remains an enigma, and the circumstances which have prompted the development of his highly individual art remain almost unknown.

This magnificent book explores, in pictures and text, the forces that have shaped Dali's life and work. Through a striking juxtaposition of superb photographs and reproductions of Dali's paintings, Robert Descharnes, a close friend of the artist and his wife for many years, reveals the sources of the painter's inspiration."

Theodore Rousseau, Curator of Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Over 150 illustrations- 131 in color.

Printed in Italy.

Bound in Switzerland.