Lot Essay
To be sold with a certificate of authenticity from I.A.R. Art Resource Ltd., dated 21 September 2007.
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Triumphant Elephant
Details
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Triumphant Elephant
signed and with foundry mark 'Dalí/Perseo SA' (on top of the base) and numbered '308/350' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a gold and brown patina
54 cm. high (incl. the stone base)
Conceived in 1975 and cast in 1984 in an edition of 350 and 35 artist's proofs.
Triumphant Elephant
signed and with foundry mark 'Dalí/Perseo SA' (on top of the base) and numbered '308/350' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a gold and brown patina
54 cm. high (incl. the stone base)
Conceived in 1975 and cast in 1984 in an edition of 350 and 35 artist's proofs.
Literature
R.& N. Descharnes, Dalí- The hard and the soft - Spells for the magic of form - Sculptures and objects, Azay-le-Rideau, no. 651, p. 253 (ill. of another cast).
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