Rooftop, design for Spellbound

Details

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Rooftop, design for Spellbound
signed and dated 'Dali 1944' (lower left)
watercolour, wash and brush and black ink on paper
7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (19.4 x 25.1 cm.)
Executed in 1944

Provenance

Phyllis and Sydney Lucas, New York, by whom acquired from the artist.
Silver State Fine Art, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 2001.

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Lot Essay

Robert and Nicolas Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

This work is a study for the scenery of the dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock's film Spellbound (1945).

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