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DALI-Hand Colored Photograph-Surrealism

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DALI-Hand Colored Photograph-Surrealism
SALVADOR DALI<BR>1904 - Figueras - 1989 <BR><BR>Bateau Anthotropic (Amanda Lear) - 1971 <BR>Original Hand Signed Ink Painting over a Photograph<BR><BR>Title : Bateau Anthotropic (Amanda Lear)<BR><BR>Technique : Original Ink over a Photograph laid on cardboard. <BR><BR>Paper size : 37 X 29 cm / 14.6 X 11.4 inch. <BR><BR>Additional Information : This is an interesting original work by Salvador Dali.<BR>The photograph was hand painted by Salvador Dali himself in ink and then Hand Signed by Dali also in ink.<BR>The Hand coloring makes it a unique , one of a kind work of art by Dali.<BR>This work belonged to the Perrot Moore collection (it is stamped with the collection stamp) which was the worlds largest private collection of original Dali works.<BR>The collection was displayed in the Perrot-Moore Museum in Cadaques, Spain.<BR>The owner of the collection was John Peter Moore , who was a former British Army captain who worked for Salvador Dali from 1960 till 1975 and was a close friend of both Dali himself and his wife Gala.<BR>John Moore, i.e "Le Capitaine" first met Dall in 1956 when he was working with film producer and director Alexander Korda in Rome.<BR>The two became friends. In 1960 Dali employed Moore as his personal secretary and, from 1965, as his business manager. <BR>Together with Dali's wife, Gala, they traveled regularly to New York for the winter, Paris for the spring, and Cadaqués, in northern Spain, for the summer.<BR>The work is accompanied with a photo certificate of authenticity from Mr. Robert P. Descharnes, who is the only worldwide expert of Dali works.<BR>Mr. Descharnes was entrusted by Dali with the administration of his intellectual property rights, and is the sole authority to issue certificate of authenticity concerning Dali's works.<BR>The certificate includes two photos of the work, a detailed description, the Dali Archives reference and is hand signed by both Robert Descharnes and by the administrator of the Dali Archives, Mr. Nicolas Descharnes. <BR><BR>Provenance :<BR>1.Original Certificate of Authenticity by Robert P. Descharnes from 27 June 2003.<BR>2. The Perrot-Moore Collection, Museum Perrot-Moore, Cadaques, Spain. <BR><BR>Condition : Very Good Condition, apart from some surface dirt, some hadling marks mostly in the margins, and 2 small paper loss area in the far left margins.