Lot 377
  • 377

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Le Cabinet anthropomorphique
  • signed Dali, numbered 240/330 and stamped with 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 the foundry Mibrosa by the present owner in 2011 

Literature

Beniamino Levi, The Dalí Universe, London, 2000, larger cast 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, larger cast illustrated pp. 70 & 99

Condition

Russet-brown patina. There is a key as part of the sculpture which is present and intact. There is some verdegris to the proper right foot of the figure. Apart from some light handling wear and dust in the crevices, this work appears to be in very good original condition.
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