Salvador Dalí

The Death of Clorinda

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December 3, 04:59 PM GMT

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70,000 - 100,000 EUR

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Description

Property from a Private European Collection

Salvador Dali

1904 - 1989

The Death of Clorinda

signed Dalí and dated 1968 (lower right)

gouache, watercolour, aerosol gold paint, India ink and pencil on paper

56,7 x 44,5 cm; 22¼ x 17½in.

Executed in 1968.

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

Shorewood Atelier, Inc., New York

Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above on 30 August 1974)

Thence by descent to the present owners

Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, The Salvador Dali Archives, New York 1996, nr.cl69-01-V, p. 157

This work is a preparatory illustration for the print series Le Marquis de Sade (Shorewood Publisher, New York, 1969).

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