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Lot 176
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Salvador Dalí

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Figurín de Don Juan Tenorio (Figure of Don Juan Tenorio)
  • signed Dalí (lower right)
  • gouache, watercolour and pencil on board
  • 27.8 by 22.7cm., 10 7/8 by 8 7/8 in.

Provenance

Luis Escobar, Spain (gift from the artist circa 1949)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Madrid, Sala Plaza de España, Luis Escobar y la Vanguardia, 2001
Madrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Tres Mitos Españoles - La Celestina-Don Quijote-Don Juan, 2004
Ciudad Real, Antiguo Convento de la Merced, Picasso y Dalí en el Teatro, 2008-2009
Seville, Sala de Exposiciones Santa Ines, Visiones de Don Juan, 2009-10, no. 243, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on board. There is some time-staining to the sheet with some scattered foxing mainly to the sky. There is some light surface dirt. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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