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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Salvador Dalí

La Forêt de Birnam

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Salvador Dalí

1904 - 1989


La Forêt de Birnam

signed with the monogram GALI DALI (lower left)

pen and ink on card

25.4 by 17.3 cm. 10 by 6¾ in.

Framed: 36.8 by 31.5 cm. 14½ by 12⅜ in.

Executed circa 1946.


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

John Peter Moore, Cadaquès (acquired by 1982)

Artcurial, Paris, Collection Perrot-Moore, 1 July 2003, lot 139 (consigned by the above)

Christie's, London, 24 June 2004, lot 432

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Salvador Dalí, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, New York, 1946, n.n., n.p., illustrated

Vienna, Palais Auersperg and travelling, Salvador Dalí, Bilder Zeichnungen, Objekte, Eine Ausstellung des Museo Perrot-Moore, Cadaqués, 1982, no. 143, illustrated

Perpignan, Palais des Rois de Majorque, Dalí à Perpignan, 1982, no. 144, illustrated (titled Les jardins de Babylone, dated 1932 and with incorrect dimensions)

Toulouse, Refectoire des Jacobins, Salvador Dalí, Huiles, Dessins, Sculptures, 1983-84, n.n., n.p., illustrated

Vascoeuil, Château de Vascoeuil - Centre d'Art et d'Histoire, Salvador Dalí, 2001, n.n., n.p., illustrated (titled Les jardins de Babylone, dated 1932 and with incorrect dimensions)