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    8 May 2003

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    • Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
    Lot 208

    Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

    La noblesse du temps

    Price realised

    USD 107,550

    Estimate

    USD 80,000 - USD 100,000

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    Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
    La noblesse du temps
    signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Dali 3/7 FONDERIA D'ARTE TESCONI' (on the base)
    bronze with green and gold patina
    Height: 60 5/8 in. (154 cm.)
    Length: 35 in. (89 cm.)
    Width: 27½ in. (70 cm.)
    Conceived in 1977-1984; this bronze version cast in 1984

    Provenance

    Acquired from the artist by the present owner, 1984.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    F. Passoni, Dalí nella terza dimensione, Milan, 1987, p. 93.
    C. Svevo, Dalí nella terza dimensione, Bari, 1988, p. 61 (another cast illustrated).
    The Stratton Foundation for the Cultural Arts, ed., Dalí, Milan, 1999, pp. 74-75 (another cast illustrated).


    Exhibited

    Naples, Museo di Palazzo Reale; Ferrara, Gallèria Civica d'Arte Moderna, and Rome, Accademia Spagnola di Belle Arti, Dalí Scultore Dalí Illustratore, 1989.
    Genoa, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, and Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Dalí Exhibition, 1991.
    Toulouse, Musée d'Art Moderne, Dalí Rétrospectif, 1994.
    Berlin, Grosse Orangerie des Schlosses-Charlottenburg, Dalí 500 Meisterwerks, 1996.
    Heidelberg, Schloss Heidelberg, Dalí, 1997.
    Palmero, Palazzo dei Normani, and Copenhagen, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1999.


    Lot Essay

    Robert Descharnes has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture, which is listed as no. 0-160/957 in his Dalí archives.

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