Salvador Dalí - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, March 7, 2025 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef
    Scharfenstein Collection, Germany (acquired from the above)
    Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG, Munich, 10 December 2011, lot 137
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Salvador Dalí

    Spanish • 1904 - 1989

    Salvador Dalí was perhaps the most broadly known member of the Surrealist movement of the early twentieth century. Heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud, the avant-garde style explored consciousness and dream-like states through exaggerated landscapes and bizarre or grotesque imagery. Using the means of painting, sculpture, printmaking, film and literature, Dalí explored these ideas with a meticulous hand and inventive wit. 

    Although known for his role in Surrealism, Dalí was also a seminal example of celebrity showmanship and the cult of personality, a phenomenon that dominates popular culture today. Always a colorful and flamboyant presence with his signature cape, wide-eyed expression and trademark upturned waxed mustache, Dalí was a master of self-promotion and spectacle.

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Untitled

signed and dated 'Dali 1972' lower right
gouache and paper collage on paper laid down on card
37.5 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1972.

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

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠

Sold for £58,420

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025