拍品 344
- 344
SALVADOR DALÍ | La Sphère attaque la pyramide (étude)
估價
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
招標截止
描述
- 薩爾瓦多·達利
- La Sphère attaque la pyramide (étude)
- signed Salvador Dalí (towards upper left)
- gouache and white chalk on paper
- 34.8 by 35.5cm.,13 5/8 by 13 7/8 in.
- Executed in 1939.
來源
Perls Galleries, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, 11th May, 1994, lot 248
Galería Guereta, Barcelona
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2000; sale: Sotheby's, London, 25th June 2009, lot 171)
Private Collection, Europe (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 7th November 2013, lot 181)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Sale: Christie's, New York, 11th May, 1994, lot 248
Galería Guereta, Barcelona
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2000; sale: Sotheby's, London, 25th June 2009, lot 171)
Private Collection, Europe (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 7th November 2013, lot 181)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Condition
Executed on black wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is affixed to the mount along the verso of all four edges. There are a few small areas of paper infill along the edges of the sheet: in each of the lower corners, at the centre of the lower edge and along the upper left edge. Otherwise, this work is in very good overall condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
The present work is a preparatory study for the cover of the catalogue for the Salvador Dalí exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York in 1939.
“Life Magazine reported his latest triumph: ‘no exhibition had been so popular since Whistler’s Arrangement in Black and Grey No. 1: The Artist’s Mother was shown in 1934. The crowd gaped open-mouthed at pictures with bewildering titles like Debris of an Automobile Giving Birth to a Blind Horse Biting a Telephone or The One-Eyed Idiot. A fortnight later, Dalí, one of the richest young painters in the world, had sold 21 of his works to private collectors for over $25,000.’” (quoted in Robert Descharnes & Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, The Paintings: 1904-1989, vol. I, Cologne, 1994, p. 322-23.)