Lot 70
  • 70

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Le Cabinet Anthropomorphique
  • inscribed Dali, numbered 225/330 and bears the foundry mark Foneria Mibrosa Barcelona
  • bronze
  • 30.9 x 59.5 x 22.5 cm ; 12 1/8 x 23 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.

Provenance

Acquired from Mibrosa foundry by the present owner in 2011

Literature

Beniamino Levi, The Dalí Universe, London, 2000, large version illustrated pp. 80 & 81
Robert & Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí. Le dur et le mou, sortilège et magie des formes, Paris, 2004, no. 683, another cast illustrated p. 266
Françoise Lechien, Dalí, Dalí! ou l'éclosion apothéosique d'un sculpteur, Brussels, 2004, large version illustrated pp. 70 & 99

Condition

The bronze is sound. Attractive dark gold patina. Apart from some very minor surface scratches this work is in excellent original condition.
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