Lilium auratium fornicans

Details

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Lilium auratium fornicans
signed and dated 'Dalí 1967' (lower centre)
gouache and watercolour on prepared paper
22¼ x 15 1/8 in. (56.4 x 38.4 cm.)
Executed in 1967

Provenance

Phyllis and Sydney Lucas, New York, by whom acquired from the artist.
Silver State Fine Art, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 2001.

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Lot Essay

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

Lilium auratium fornicans is a preparatory drawing for a drypoint etching on heliogravure of the same title, which is part of a series of fifteen Surrealistic flowers, executed in 1972 (Michler & Löpsinger no. 548).

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