Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Vénus à la girafe
with the stamp 'Salvador Dali' (on the base); numbered and with the foundry mark 'bocquel Fd. HC 2/3' (on the back of the base)
white painted bronze
Height: 42 7/8 in. (109 cm.)
Conceived in 1973
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Vénus à la girafe
with the stamp 'Salvador Dali' (on the base); numbered and with the foundry mark 'bocquel Fd. HC 2/3' (on the back of the base)
white painted bronze
Height: 42 7/8 in. (109 cm.)
Conceived in 1973
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 13 December 2006, lot 27.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
R. & N. Descharnes, Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures and Objects, Paris, 2004, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 37).
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Specialist note
Robert and Nicolas Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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