Lot 407
  • 407

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Study for Swirling Sea Necklace
  • signed Dalí and dated 1954 (lower centre)
  • gouache, watercolour, pen and ink and pencil on board
  • 25.5 by 38.2cm., 10 by 15in.

Provenance

São Schlumberger, Paris (a gift from the artist circa  1965)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

The board is stable and hinged to the backing board with tape in two places along the upper edge. The board is time stained and there is a scuff to the upper left corner. There are handling marks to the upper part of the right edge and the centre of the lower edge. This work is in overall good condition.
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