Lot 223
  • 223

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Lidia et Lorca veillent sur Port Lligat
  • signed Dalí and dated 1962 (lower left)
  • gouache and photographic collage on photographic print
  • 29.4 by 19.9cm., 11⅝ by 7⅞in.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the late owner

Exhibited

Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Salvador Dalí, La Gare de Perpignan, Pop, Op, Yes-yes, Pompier, 2006, no. 212, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Robert Descharnes & Gala Dalí, Dalí de Gala. The World of Salvador Dalí, Lausanne, New York, Milan & Tokyo, 1962, illustrated p. 89
Robert Descharnes & Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí. L'œuvre peint. 1946-1989, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, no. 1631, illustrated p. 731

Condition

The work has been laid down on cardboard. Some surface scratches, notably in the lower right quadrant, and minor scuffs to the edges. Traces of tape of the reverse. This work is in overall good condition.
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