Salvador Dalí
Venus à la girafe
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Salvador Dalí
1904 - 1989
Venus à la girafe
inscribed with artist's signature and stamped HC (on the base)
painted bronze
height: 61¼ in.
156 cm.
Conceived in 1973; this example executed as an artist’s proof from an edition of 6 plus 3 artist's proofs and painted white at the request of the artist.
Nicolas and Robert Descharnes have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F. Tajan Paris, 30 June 2003, lot 36
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Geneva, Palexpo, Salvador Dalí, Illustrateur et Sculpteur, 1992, p. 49, illustration of another cast
Le Surréalisme et l'amour, Pavillon des Arts, Paris, 1997
Exh. Cat., London, County Hall, The Dalí Universe, 2000, p. 45, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., St. Petersburg, Salvador Dalí Museum, A Disarming Beauty, The Venus de Milo in 20th Century Art, 2001, n.p., illustration of another cast
Robert and Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and the Soft, Paris, 2003, no. 69, p. 37, illustration of another cast
Le Surréalisme et l'amour, Pavillon des Arts, Paris, 1997
Exh. Cat., London, County Hall, The Dalí Universe, 2000, p. 45, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., St. Petersburg, Salvador Dalí Museum, A Disarming Beauty, The Venus de Milo in 20th Century Art, 2001, n.p., illustration of another cast
Robert and Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and the Soft, Paris, 2003, no. 69, p. 37, illustration of another cast
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