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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
La Tour de Babel, Génésis 11
Details
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
La Tour de Babel, Génésis 11
signed and dated 'Dalí 1964' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and sanguine on paper
18 ¾ x 13 7⁄8 in. (47.7 x 35 cm.)
Executed in 1964
La Tour de Babel, Génésis 11
signed and dated 'Dalí 1964' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and sanguine on paper
18 ¾ x 13 7⁄8 in. (47.7 x 35 cm.)
Executed in 1964
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2015, lot 156.
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.
Literature
Rizzoli, ed., Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis, vol. I, Rome, 1967, pp. 176 & n.p. (illustrated p. 177; titled 'Turris Babel').
Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, Salvador Dalí, la vita è sogno, November 1996 - March 1997, no. 105, p. 143 (illustrated; titled 'Torre di Babele', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, Doeken & Aquarellen, July - November 1997, no. 72, p. 151 (illustrated; titled 'Torven van Babel', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Augsburg, Römisches Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September - November 2000, p. 34 (illustrated; titled 'Der Turm zu Babel', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dalí, Doeken & Aquarellen, July - November 1997, no. 72, p. 151 (illustrated; titled 'Torven van Babel', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Augsburg, Römisches Museum, Dalí, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, September - November 2000, p. 34 (illustrated; titled 'Der Turm zu Babel', with incorrect medium and inverted dimensions).
Further details
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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