SALVADOR DALÍ Y DOMENECH - Ballerine, hommage à Margot Fonteyn - image-1

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SALVADOR DALÍ Y DOMENECH - Ballerine, hommage à Margot Fonteyn

Auction 1078 - overview Cologne
02.12.2016, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 4.340 € (incl. premium)

SALVADOR DALÍ Y DOMENECH

Ballerine, hommage à Margot Fonteyn
1972

Gold statuette Height 8.4 cm. Mounted on black stone base (6.6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm) Signed 'Dalí' on the back. Exemplar E.A. of a total edition of 12. - The edges of the plinth minimally bumped.

The famous British ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) was Rudolf Nurejew's partner from 1961 onwards.

Provenance

Formerly Collection John Peter Moore, Cadaqués (acquired there in 1997); Private possession since, Lower Rhine

Literature

Robert et Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí, Le dur et le mou, Sortilège et magie des formes, Sculptures & Objets, Paris 2003, p. 194, no. 471 left