SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)

Details

SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)

The Surrealist Artist at a Night Club

signed and dated lower left 'Salvador Dalí 1936'--pen, brush and white gouache on black board
19½ x 16½in. (49.5 x 41.9cm.)

Drawn in 1936

Provenance

Galeriá Central de Arte Moderno (Alberto Misrachi), Mexico City (acquired by the family of the present owner)

Literature

R. Descharnes, Salvador Dalí: The Work--The Man, Lausanne, 1984, p. 157 (detail illustrated)
R. Descharnes and G. Néret, Salvador Dalí, The Paintings, Cologne, 1994, vol. I (1904-1946), no. 620 (detail illustrated, p. 276)

Lot Essay

The upper half of this drawing was illustrated in American Weekly, Jan. 3, 1937. The top edge of the sheet was originally extended beyond the image and carried the title "M. Dali. Sur-realist Artist at a Night Club," which appears in the illustration and was later removed.