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Salvador Dalí
Projet de costume des satyres pour le ballet Bacchanale
- Estimate
- £60,000 - 80,000‡♠
Lot Details
ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
signed, inscribed and dated 'Gala S. DALI 1939' lower left
35.6 x 51 cm (14 x 20 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1939.
Nicolas Descharnes has kindly confirmed the authenticity of the work.
Nicolas Descharnes has kindly confirmed the authenticity of the work.
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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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