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Salvador Dalí
Castor et Pollux, study for the goldsmith's object ''Gala portant la Flamme de Castor et Pollux''
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March 16, 04:56 PM GMT
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30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Salvador Dalí
1904 - 1989
Castor et Pollux, study for the goldsmith's object ''Gala portant la Flamme de Castor et Pollux''
signed Dalí and dated 1974 (lower right); inscribed dimanche 3 mars 1974, St Régis, 11h matin (on the reverse)
gouache on photograph
28 by 20 1/4 in.
71 by 51.6 cm.
Executed in New York on 3 March 1974.
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Robert Descharnes, France (acquired as a gift from the artist)
Sotheby's Paris, 25 March 2022, lot 234 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Robert Descharnes and Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, Le dur et le mou, Sortilège et magie des formes Sculptures et objets, Azay-le-Rideau, 2003, no. 488, p. 201, illustrated
Cannes, Espace Riviera, Palais des festivals et des congrès, Dalí de Cadaqués, Photographies de Robert Descharnes, 2016