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Ensorcellement - Les sept arts (Tragedy and Comedy -The Seven Lively Arts)
Details
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
Ensorcellement - Les sept arts (Tragedy and Comedy -The Seven Lively Arts)
signed and dated 'Dalí 1957' (lower right)
oil on canvas
84 x 114.5 cm. (33 1⁄8 x 45 1⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1957
Ensorcellement - Les sept arts (Tragedy and Comedy -The Seven Lively Arts)
signed and dated 'Dalí 1957' (lower right)
oil on canvas
84 x 114.5 cm. (33 1⁄8 x 45 1⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Billy Rose, New York (acquired from the artist)
George Farkas, New York
Alex Maguy, Paris (acquired from the above circa 1973)
Private collection, France (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 2002, lot 83
Private collection (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner
George Farkas, New York
Alex Maguy, Paris (acquired from the above circa 1973)
Private collection, France (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 2002, lot 83
Private collection (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
'Choate Will Display 36 Paintings By Top Artists', in The New Haven Register, Wallingford, 11 March 1962, p. 30 (illustrated in situ).
L. Sweeney, 'A Cash-and-Carry With Chandelier', in Herald Tribune, New York, 22 August 1965 (illustrated in situ).
J. T. Prior, 'George Farkas - Driving Force Behind Success Of Alexander's', in Record, Hackensack, 6 April 1967 (illustrated in situ).
R. Descharnes & G. Néret, Salvador Dalí 1904-1989, The Paintings, vol. II, 1946-1989, Cologne, 1994, no. 1109 (illustrated, p. 494; listed, p. 768).
Fum...damentalment genial, exh. cat., Sant Julià de Lòria, 2004 (illustrated, p. 85).
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, ed., Salvador Dalí: Catálogo razonado de pinturas, (www.salvador-dali.org/es/), no. P 725 (illustrated; accessed September 2026).
L. Sweeney, 'A Cash-and-Carry With Chandelier', in Herald Tribune, New York, 22 August 1965 (illustrated in situ).
J. T. Prior, 'George Farkas - Driving Force Behind Success Of Alexander's', in Record, Hackensack, 6 April 1967 (illustrated in situ).
R. Descharnes & G. Néret, Salvador Dalí 1904-1989, The Paintings, vol. II, 1946-1989, Cologne, 1994, no. 1109 (illustrated, p. 494; listed, p. 768).
Fum...damentalment genial, exh. cat., Sant Julià de Lòria, 2004 (illustrated, p. 85).
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, ed., Salvador Dalí: Catálogo razonado de pinturas, (www.salvador-dali.org/es/), no. P 725 (illustrated; accessed September 2026).
Exhibited
Wallingford, The Choate School, The Georges Farkas Collections of Old and Modern Art Masterpieces, January - June 1962.
Los Angeles, Municipal Art Gallery, An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Salvador Dalí, 20 November 1964 - 20 December 1964, no.13.
Paris, Galerie de l'Elysée, Alex Maguy présente 7 tableaux de Dalí, May - June 1973 (illustrated, unpaged).
Los Angeles, Municipal Art Gallery, An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by Salvador Dalí, 20 November 1964 - 20 December 1964, no.13.
Paris, Galerie de l'Elysée, Alex Maguy présente 7 tableaux de Dalí, May - June 1973 (illustrated, unpaged).
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