Sale: 502 / Modern Art II, July 18. 2020 in Munich Lot 409

 

409
Salvador Dalí
Coeur de fraises, 1970.
Watercolor, Gouache and India ink over color aq...
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 62,500 / $ 67,500

(incl. surcharge)
Coeur de fraises. 1970.
Watercolor, Gouache and India ink over color aquatinta.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Archives Descharnes on June 14, 2013 (in copy).
The work is registered at the Archives Descharnes with the number "d5229". Signed in printing template. On copperplate printing paper. 45 x 34 cm (17.7 x 13.3 in), the full sheet. [EH].
Model for the sheet Fruits (Fields 70-1 a).
• Overpainting and defamiliarization are the prime creative means of Surrealism
• Dalí transforms a botanic illustration into a mysterious drama of a broken heart
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Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Archives Descharnes on June 14, 2013. The work is registered at Archive Descharnes with the number "d5229" .

PROVENANCE: Jean Schneider, Basel (obtained from the artist in 1969)
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne.

EXHIBITION: Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne, Rückblick auf Positionen der Galerietätigkeit zum 40-jährigen Bestehen, January 10, 2000 - January 15, 2001.

LITERATURE: Cf. Albert Field, The official cataloge of the graphic works of Salvador Dalí, New York 1996, no. 70-1-A.




409
Salvador Dalí
Coeur de fraises, 1970.
Watercolor, Gouache and India ink over color aq...
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 62,500 / $ 67,500

(incl. surcharge)