SALVADOR DALÍ | La Femme visible, La Chasse aux papillons

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on card and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. There is a repaired tear running horizontally across the centre of the composition and another intermittent repaired tear running vertically across the composition. There are a few handling marks along the upper edge. There are some spots of paper skinning in places, notably towards the upper right corner, in the man's forehead and along the extreme edges. There are tiny dots of possible dirt towards the right part of both upper and lower edges. There is a minor surface scratch (approx. 1 cm long) to the lower part of the right edge. There is a bit of mount staining along the extreme edges. The sheet is slightly light stained with a few small dots of faint foxing in places, notably to the lower part of the left edge. This work is in fairly good condition.
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