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DALI-Hand Colored Photograph-Surrealism

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DALI-Hand Colored Photograph-Surrealism
SALVADOR DALI
1904 - Figueras - 1989

Bateau Anthotropic (Amanda Lear) - 1971
Original Hand Signed Ink Painting over a Photograph

Title : Bateau Anthotropic (Amanda Lear)

Technique : Original Ink over a Photograph laid on cardboard.

Paper size : 37 x 29 cm / 14.6 x 11.4 in

Additional Information : This is an interesting original work by Salvador Dali.
The photograph was hand painted by Salvador Dali himself in ink and then Hand Signed by Dali also in ink.
The Hand coloring makes it a unique, one of a kind, work of art by Dali.

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.
The collection was displayed in the Perrot-Moore Museum in Cadaques, Spain.
The owner of the collection was John Peter Moore , who was a former British Army captain who worked for Salvador Dali from 1960 until 1975 and was a close friend of both Dali himself and his wife Gala. John Moore, i.e "Le Capitaine", first met Dali in 1956 when he was working with film producer and director Alexander Korda in Rome.
The two became friends. In 1960, Dali employed Moore as his personal secretary and, from 1965, as his business manager.
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.
The work is accompanied with a photo certificate of authenticity from Mr Robert P. Descharnes, who is the only worldwide expert of Dali works.
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.
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.

Provenance :
1. Original Certificate of Authenticity by Robert P. Descharnes from 27 June 2003.
2. The Perrot-Moore Collection, Museum Perrot-Moore, Cadaques, Spain.

Condition : Very Good Condition, apart from some surface dirt, some handling marks mostly in the margins, and two small paper loss area in the far left margins.