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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
L'Épreuve de l'arc
Details
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
L'Épreuve de l'arc
signed 'DALI' (lower centre); signed again 'G DALI' (in the composition)
gouache, watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper
17 ¾ x 15 1⁄8 in. (44.9 x 38.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1970
L'Épreuve de l'arc
signed 'DALI' (lower centre); signed again 'G DALI' (in the composition)
gouache, watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper
17 ¾ x 15 1⁄8 in. (44.9 x 38.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1970
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2015, lot 251.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, Salvador Dalí: la vita è sogno, November 1996 - March 1997, no. 92, p. 129 (illustrated; with incorrect medium, inverted dimensions and dated '1966').
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, July - November 1997, no. 57, p. 135 (illustrated; titled 'Boogschietproef', dated '1966', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Augsburg, Römisches Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September - November 2000, p. 48 (illustrated; titled 'Odysseus besiegt die Freier', dated '1966', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, July - November 1997, no. 57, p. 135 (illustrated; titled 'Boogschietproef', dated '1966', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Augsburg, Römisches Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September - November 2000, p. 48 (illustrated; titled 'Odysseus besiegt die Freier', dated '1966', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Further details
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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