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Salvador Dalí
Don Quichotte
- Estimate
- $180,000 - 250,000
$187,500
Lot Details
oil on canvas
signed "Dalí" lower right
57 5/8 x 44 7/8 in. (146.4 x 114 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
This work is recorded in Descharnes Archives under reference H-994.
This work is recorded in Descharnes Archives under reference H-994.
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Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
Salvador Dalí
Spanish | B. 1904 D. 1989Salvador 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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