Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from Robert Descharnes dated Paris, 1er février 1988.
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Hommage à Newton
Details
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Hommage à Newton
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'Dalí Valsuani Cire Perdue E.A.' (on the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 52 3/8in. (133cm.)
Conceived in 1969 and cast in an edition of eight plus four artist's proofs
Hommage à Newton
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'Dalí Valsuani Cire Perdue E.A.' (on the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 52 3/8in. (133cm.)
Conceived in 1969 and cast in an edition of eight plus four artist's proofs
Provenance
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1988, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
ed. L. Amiel, 'Hommage à Dalí', XXème Siècle, Paris, 1980, p. 142 (another cast illustrated).
F. Passoni, R. Morse & A. Field, Dalí nella terza dimensione, Milan, 1985, p. 45 (another cast illustrated).
F. Passoni, R. Morse & A. Field, Dalí nella terza dimensione, Milan, 1985, p. 45 (another cast illustrated).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct height of this work is 131.5cm (51¾ inches) and not as described in the catalogue.