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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
Grande Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
Details
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
Grande Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
signed ’Salvador Dali' (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark ‘4/8 C VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE PARIS’ (on the left side of the base)
bronze with black and green patina
Height: 85 5/8 in. (217.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1964; this bronze version cast in 1988
Grande Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
signed ’Salvador Dali' (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark ‘4/8 C VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE PARIS’ (on the left side of the base)
bronze with black and green patina
Height: 85 5/8 in. (217.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1964; this bronze version cast in 1988
Provenance
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, 1998); sale, Christie's New York, 6 November 2008, lot 242.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, 1998); sale, Christie's New York, 6 November 2008, lot 242.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Gerard, ed., Dalí, New York, 1968, no. 148 (another cast illustrated).
R. and N. Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Paris, 2004, p. 37, no. 68 (another cast illustrated in color).
R. and N. Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Paris, 2004, p. 37, no. 68 (another cast illustrated in color).
Further Details
Nicolas and the late Robert Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.