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Biblia Sacra: Saint Jean le Baptiste (Lucas 1 & Matthaeus 11)
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SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)
Biblia Sacra: Saint Jean le Baptiste (Lucas 1 & Matthaeus 11)
signed and dated 'Dalí 1964' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor, decalcomania and sanguine on paper
18 ½ x 13 7⁄8 in. (47.2 x 35.2 cm.)
Executed in 1964
Biblia Sacra: Saint Jean le Baptiste (Lucas 1 & Matthaeus 11)
signed and dated 'Dalí 1964' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor, decalcomania and sanguine on paper
18 ½ x 13 7⁄8 in. (47.2 x 35.2 cm.)
Executed in 1964
Provenance
Private collection, Italy (acquired from the artist); sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 2015, lot 1038.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Rizzoli, ed., Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis, Rome, 1967, vol. V, p. 73 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, Salvador Dalí: La vita è sogno, November 1996-March 1997, p. 151, no. 113 (illustrated in color; with inverted dimensions).
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, Doeken & Aquarellen, July-November 1997, p. 159, no. 80 (illustrated in color; with inverted dimensions).
Augsburg, Römishes Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September-November 2000.
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, Doeken & Aquarellen, July-November 1997, p. 159, no. 80 (illustrated in color; with inverted dimensions).
Augsburg, Römishes Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September-November 2000.
Further details
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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