Lot 232
  • 232

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Étude pour 'Dalí soulevant la peau de la Méditerranée pour montrer à Gala la naissance de Vénus'
  • signed Salvador Dalí (centre)
  • watercolour and pen and ink on card
  • image size: 6.3 by 7.3cm., 2½ by 2⅞in.
  • sheet size: 26.2 by 37.2cm., 10¼by 14⅝in.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the late owner

Literature

Robert Descharnes, Dalí. L'œuvre et l'homme, Lausanne, 1984, illustrated p. 410
Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí. L'œuvre peint. 1946-1989, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, no. 1482, illustrated p. 665

Condition

Executed on white card, not laid down, fixed to the mount at four places along the upper and side edges. The extreme edges are slightly scuffed with some traces of old tape on the reverse (not visible when framed). There are some studio stains in places, and some discolouration to the white pigment on the leftmost leaning figure. Otherwise this work is in good original condition.
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