Lot 112
  • 112

SALVADOR DALÍ | Sans titre, visage à la béquille

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Sans titre, visage à la béquille
  • signed Dalí and dated 1937 (lower centre) and dedicated Dalí qui vous aime...espère se RevoiR courant le moi ... de MAI A PARIS (towards upper right)
  • India ink on paper
  • 27,8 x 22 cm; 10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.
  • Executed on 1937.

Provenance

Julien Green, Paris (gift from the artist; and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 16, 2015, lot 134)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper which is from the title page of a book, not laid down and attached to the backing board with tape along the upper edge. There are some flattened creases in places. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is executed on the title page of the book Métamorphose de Narcisse, Paris, 1937.

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