Venise

Details

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Venise
signed and dated 'Dalí 1949' (lower left) and titled 'VENISE' (lower centre)
watercolour, gouache and pen and Indian ink on paper laid down on board
23 x 29in. (58.5 x 73.5cm.)
Executed in 1949

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, New York, by whom commissioned from the Artist.
Dr. Robert F. Loeb, New York, to whom given by the above and thence by descent to the present owners.

Literature

J. Gunther, Taken at the Flood: The Story of Albert D. Lasker, New York, 1959, p. 261.

Lot Essay

Dr. Robert F. Loeb was both a friend and the personal physician of Albert Lasker, the noted businessman, philanthropist and collector. In 1948, wanting to thank Dr. Loeb for his friendship and services, for which he was never charged, and knowing that Dr. Loeb appreciated Dali's work, Albert Lasker asked him what his favourite country was. To the answer of Italy, Lasker decided to commission Dali to go there and paint these four pictures which he then gave to Dr. Loeb a year later (see also the three following lots).

Robert Descharnes has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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