Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 follow artist
Cavaliers sur la plage (recto); Ésquisse d'un chevalier avec lance (verso)
Cavaliers sur la plage (recto); Ésquisse d'un chevalier avec lance (verso)
gouache, pen, brush and India ink on light brown paper (double-sided) 30⅞ h × 22⅞ w in (78 × 58 cm)
Signed and dated to lower right 'Salvador Dalí 1937'. Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
provenance: The Artist | Edward James, London | Christie's, London, Twenty-Eight Works from the Edward James Collection, 30 March 1981, Lot 13 | Dennis Hotz, South Africa | Private Collection | Thence by descent, Private Collection, Australia | Christie's, London, Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale, 4 March 2022, Lot 409 | Private Collection
exhibited: The Edward James Collection: Dalí, Magritte and other Surrealists, August - September 1976, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh | Salvador Dalí, Retrospective, December 1979 - April 1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris | Salvador Dalí, May - June 1980, Tate Gallery, London
literature: The Edward James Collection: Dalí, Magritte and other Surrealists, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art exhibition catalog, no. 12 Salvador Dalí, Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition catalog, pg. 63, no. 477 Salvador Dalí, Tate Gallery exhibition catalog, no. 179
This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
