SALVADOR DALÍ | Lancelot et Guenièvre, drawing for the lithographic serie Les Amoureux, Duall Graphics (1979)

Private collection, Andorra (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Executed on carboard, not laid down and hinged to the overmount at one point along the upper edge of the reverse with tape. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There are some thin lines of craquelure to the gouache's impasto on the man's proper left shoulder and in the water of the fountain to the lower left corner. This work is in overall very good condition.
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This work was possibly executed to illustrate the book by Ovide L'Art d'aimer, Centre culturel de Paris, 1979.

Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.