Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Biblia Sacra: Voici l'homme (John 19:5 & Psalm 21)
signed and dated 'Dalí 1964' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
18 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (47.5 x 34.7 cm.)
Executed in 1964
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Rizzoli (ed.), Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis, vol. III, Rome, 1967 (illustrated p. 89).
Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, Salvador Dalí, la vita è sogno, November 1996 - March 1997.
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, Doeken & Aquarellen, July - November 1997, no. 76 (illustrated p. 155).
Augsburg, Römisches Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September – November 2000.
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.