Biblia Sacra: Judith tenant la tête du général Holopherne après l'avoir décapité

Details

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Biblia Sacra: Judith tenant la tête du général Holopherne après l'avoir décapité
signed and dated 'Dalí 1964' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and brush and India ink on paper
18 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (47.8 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1964

Provenance

Private collection, Turin.
Centro Art Internazionale, Milan.

Literature

Rizzoli (ed.), Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis, vol. II, Rome, 1967 (illustrated p. 297).

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Lot Essay

Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The present lot belongs to a unique series of illustrations Salvador Dalí executed in 1964 for Biblia Sacra, an illustrated edition of the Bible published by Rizzoli, between 1967 and 1969. Incredibly successful, the illustrations were later re-published in subsequent
editions in Barcelona, Paris and Germany.

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