Lot 351
  • 351

SALVADOR DALÍ | La Crime (Marquis de Sade)

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • La Crime (Marquis de Sade)
  • Signed Dalí and dated 1967 (lower right)
  • Gouache on paper
  • 20 by 15 3/4 in.
  • 50.8 by 40 cm
  • Executed in 1967.

Provenance

Maison Bernard, Caracas
Acquired from the above on December 21, 1970 

Condition

The work is in excellent condition. Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is hinged to a window mount with tape at several places along the edges of its verso. There is some minor cracking and lifting to the gouache in the figures at the bottom of the composition. Otherwise fine. The pigments are bright and fresh.
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Catalogue Note

Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.