Salvador Dalí
Castor et Pollux, study for the goldsmith's object ''Gala portant la Flamme de Castor et Pollux''
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March 5, 05:37 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Salvador Dalí
1904 - 1989
Castor et Pollux, study for the goldsmith's object ''Gala portant la Flamme de Castor et Pollux''
signed Dalí and dated 1974 (lower right); inscribed dimanche 3 mars 1974, St Régis, 11h matin (on the reverse)
gouache on photograph
27 ¾ by 20 ¼ in.
70.5 by 51.6 cm.
Executed in New York on 3 March 1974.
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Nora Feder-Johnson at Nora.FederJohnson@sothebys.com.
Robert Descharnes, France (acquired as a gift from the artist)
Sotheby's, Paris, 25 March 2022, lot 234 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Cannes, Espace Riviera, Palais des festivals et des congrès, Dalí de Cadaqués, Photographies de Robert Descharnes, 2016
Robert Descharnes and Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, Le dur et le mou, Sortilège et magie des formes Sculptures et objets, Azay-le-Rideau 2003, no. 488, p. 201, illustrated
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