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DALI Painting Spanish Surrealism 1954

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DALI Painting Spanish Surrealism 1954
SALVADOR DALI<BR>1904 - Figueras - 1989 <BR><BR>Shoulder and Breast of Gala, study for "Portrait of Gala with Rhinocerontic Symptoms" - 1954 <BR>Epaule et Sein de Gala, Etude pour "Portrait de Gala avec Symptomes Rhinocerontiques" - 1954<BR>Original Stamped Signed Gouache, Ink and Pencil Painting<BR><BR>Title : Shoulder and Breast of Gala, study for "Portrait of Gala with Rhinocerontic Symptoms" / Epaule et Sein de Gala, Etude pour "Portrait de Gala avec Symptomes Rhinocerontiques".<BR><BR>Technique : Original Gouache, Ink and Pencil painting on cardboard. <BR><BR>Paper size :28 X 17 cm / 11 X 6.7 inch. <BR><BR>Additional Information : This work is an ORIGINAL ink and wash ink painting by Salvador Dali.<BR>It is stamped signed with the Collection Perrot Moore ink stamp in the lower right corner.<BR>It was painted in circa 1954 as a study of the shoulder and breast in Dali famous painting from 1954 "Portrait de Gala avec Symptomes rhinocerontiques".<BR>This worked belonged to the Perrot Moore collection 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 Cadaqus, 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