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THE SURREALIST WORLD OF ROSALIND GERSTEN JACOBS AND MELVIN JACOBS
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
Echecs (Hommage à Marcel Duchamp)
Details
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)
Echecs (Hommage à Marcel Duchamp)
signed 'Dalí' (on the underside of each piece); numbered and marked 13⁄225 JM' (on the underside of each king)
polished and brown patinated bronze chess pieces
height varies from 3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) to 1 1⁄2 in. (3.8 cm.)
(32)Conceived in 1966-1970
Echecs (Hommage à Marcel Duchamp)
signed 'Dalí' (on the underside of each piece); numbered and marked 13⁄225 JM' (on the underside of each king)
polished and brown patinated bronze chess pieces
height varies from 3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm.) to 1 1⁄2 in. (3.8 cm.)
(32)Conceived in 1966-1970
Provenance
Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the late owners.
Acquired from the above by the late owners.
Literature
R. and N. Descharnes, Dalí: The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Azay-Le-Rideau, 2004, pp. 116-117, no. 277 (another version illustrated in color, p. 116).
Exhibited
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000.