Lot 312
  • 312

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Le Papillon au rocher
  • signed Salvador Dalí, dated 1954 and dedicated pour Madame Lambert, Hommage de (lower left)
  • watercolour, pen and ink and collage on paper laid down on board
  • 35.4 by 28cm., 13 7/8 by 11in.

Provenance

Madame Eleanor Lambert, Paris (a gift from the artist; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 6th October 1989, lot 203)
Galerie Boulakia, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Christie's, London, 3rd April 1990, lot 201
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper laid down on board. The board is stable. There is some minor staining visible at the edges, in particular towards the top part of the right edge, possibly due to previous mounting. There is an area of light surface stain in the region of the collage element (possibly due to the artist's practice), a further small area of stain towards the centre of the right edge and an additional minor area on the first word of the dedication. This work is in overall good condition.
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