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Salvador Dalí

La Mort à table

Lot Closed

March 5, 05:38 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Salvador Dalí

1904 - 1989


La Mort à table

signed Salvador Dali and dated 1942 (lower left)

pen and ink on paper

9 ½ by 7 in.

24.2 by 17.7 cm.

Executed in 1942.


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

Private Collection, New York

Sotheby's, New York, 13 July 1960, lot 44 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Mexico (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 14 April 2022, lot 21 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Dalí drew La Mort à table as part of his preparatory drawings for a book: "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali." Dial Press in New York issued a 119-edition limited print run of the book in 1942.