ID 717905
Lot 532 | SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Mauvaise année
signed, 'S. Dalí' (lower right); inscribed 'Mauvaise Année' (upper left)
gouache and ink on printed photographic base
3 5⁄8 x 5 5⁄8 in. (9.2 x 14.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1937
Provenance
Paul Éluard, Paris.
Georges Hugnet, Paris.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, by 1978.
Count Flavio Callisto Pontello, Florence.
Private collection, Milan.
Anonymous sale, Il Ponte Casa d'Aste, Milan, 18 December 2018, lot 76.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery, Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, January - March 1978, no. 12.41, p. 302 (illustrated).
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Post lot text
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Europe |
| Artist: | Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Europe |
| Address of auction |
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