Lot 415
  • 415

Salvador Dalí

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Salvador Dalí
  • Space Venus
  • inscribed Dalí, numbered 29/350, stamped IAR and with the foundry mark Perseo SA
  • bronze
  • height: 62cm., 24 1/4 in.

Literature

Albert Reynolds Morse, Albert Field & Robert P. Descharnes, Dalí, Geneva, 1989, illustration of another example in colour p. 56
Robert & Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures and Objects, Azay-le-Rideau, 2004, no. 616, illustration of another example in colour p. 239

Condition

Lovely green patina. The sculpture is formed of three elements. There is some light wear to the surface in places consistent with handling and some dust in the crevices. Otherwise this work is in very good original condition.
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