Lot 131
  • 131

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Angels of the Rebirth (Illustration pour la série lithographique Aliyah, 1966)
  • Signed Dalí and dated 1966 (lower center)
  • Gouache, ink wash, sanguine, graphite, felt-tip pen and pencil on paper
  • 20 by 15 7/8 in.
  • 51 by 40.3 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe

Literature

Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí, New York, 1996, no.68-01-P, illustration of the print p. 154

Condition

Executed on cream wove card, not laid down, and taped intermittently to the overmount along the upper and lower edges. The lower edge is deckled. The sheet is lightly time-stained and there are some faint foxing marks, predominently along the upper edge. There is some craquelure to the thicker blue and white pigments, which appear to be stable. Overall this work is in good condition.
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