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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Lot 160

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

Devins et sorcières

Closed21 June 2012

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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Devins et sorcières
signed and dated 'Dalí 1950' (lower centre)
gouache, watercolour, pen and India ink on paper
18 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. (46.1 x 31.4 cm.)
Executed in 1950

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 March 1999, lot 52.
Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 17 May 2002, lot 156.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

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


According to Robert Descharnes, this is an illustration for Dante's Divine Comedy, relating to Canto 20 from the Inferno which describes how sinners guilty of sorcerery and divination are punished, their necks twisted to prevent them from looking into the future.