$90,000
Estimate: $60,000 - $100,000
Modern & Contemporary Works of Art
Auction: November 3, 2013 2:00:00 PM EDT
Ca. 1949, signed 'Dalí' 6 times (in various places) and inscribed 'Zorilla Escobar Tenorio Dalí' upper center, gouache, watercolor, and pen and ink on card
11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.6cm)
Unframed
Provenance: The artist.
Luis Escobar, Spain (gift from the artist circa 1949).
By descent.
Sotheby's London, 9 February 2012, lot 175.
Corporate Ownership.
Exhibited:
"Luis Escobar y la Vanguardia," Sala Plaza de España, Madrid, 1991.
"Tres Mitos Españoles - La Celestina - Don Quijote - Don Juan," Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, 2004.
"Visiones de Don Juan," Sala de Exposiciones Santa Ines, Seville, 2009-10, no. 242, illustrated in color in the catalogue.
"A Rebours," May 9 - June 30, 2012 "Venus Over Manhattan," New York, New York.
Literature:
Centro Dramático Nacional, Teatro María Guerrero, "Don Juan Tenorio de José Zorilla sobre escenografía y figurines de Salvador Dalí," Madrid, 2003, illustrated pp. 14-15.
note:
Nicolas Descharnes has reviewed this piece and confirmed authenticity. He will issue an official document to the winning buyer for a fee.