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Portrait bust of Salvador Dalí
Details
Arno Breker (1900-1991)
Portrait bust of Salvador Dalí
signed, dated and stamped with the foundry mark 'Arno Breker 1974-75 Fondeur H·S·D' (on the side of the neck)
bronze with gold and black patina
35 in. (89 cm.) high
Conceived in plaster circa 1974-1975 and cast in bronze in 1974-1975
Portrait bust of Salvador Dalí
signed, dated and stamped with the foundry mark 'Arno Breker 1974-75 Fondeur H·S·D' (on the side of the neck)
bronze with gold and black patina
35 in. (89 cm.) high
Conceived in plaster circa 1974-1975 and cast in bronze in 1974-1975
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Koller Auktionen, Zurich, 2 November 1995, lot 4201.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 December 1996, lot 324.
Acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 December 1996, lot 324.
Acquired at the above sale.
Literature
V.G. Probst, Der Bildhauer Arno Breker, Eine Untersuchung, Paris, 1978, p. 61 (the plaster illustrated pl. 75; dated '1975').
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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