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June 26, 11:59 AM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Salvador Dalí

1904 - 1989


Le Violon (Violon d'Ingres)

inscribed Dalí, dated 1966, numbered 4/6 and with the foundry mark Georges Rudier. Fondeur. Paris

gilt and silvered bronze

height: 51.5 cm. 20¼ in.

Conceived and cast in 1966. This work is number 4 from an edition of 6.


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

Captain John Peter Moore and Catherine Perrot-Moore (acquired from the artist)

Artcurial, Paris, 7 December 2004, lot 263 (consigned by the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 2016, lot 344

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Henri François Rey, La Collection Salvador Dalí Perrot-Moore, Vienna, 1983, no. 192, n.p., another cast illustrated

Robert & Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, Sculptures & Objects, The Hard and the Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Paris, 2003, no. 281, p. 117, other casts illustrated in colour