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Lot 344
  • 344

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Space Venus
  • inscribed Dalí, numbered 6/7 and stamped with the foundry mark Fonderia Tesconi Pietrasanta
  • bronze
  • height (including base): 124.5cm., 49in.

Provenance

Foundation Veranneman, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989

Literature

Albert Field (ed.), Dalí, Camblest, 1980, colour illustration of another cast p. 57
Franco Passoni (ed.), Dalí nella terza dimensione, Milan, 1985, illustration of another cast in colour p. 75
Dalí Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), Aberbach Fine Art, New York, 1986, colour illustration of another cast p. 21
Spagna: 70 anni di protagonismo (exhibition catalogue), Museo La Malpensata, Lugano, 1986, illustration of another cast p. 71
Dalí illustrateur et sculpteur (exhibition catalogue), Salon International du livre et de la presse, Geneva, 1992, no. 21 colour illustration of another cast p. 69
Beniamino Levi, The Dalí Universe, London, 2000, colour illustration of another cast n.p.
Robert & Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft: Spells of the Magic of Form, Sculptures and Objects, France, 2004, no. 616, illustration of another cast in colour p. 239

Condition

Work is in excellent condition. Rich, nutty brown patina with polished bronze element. A few scattered nicks and scratches, mostly around the edges of the base, are minor, as are some scattered surface stains. One pindot of patina loss at base of figure's left shoulder. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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