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DALI Pencil Drawing Spanish Surrealism

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DALI Pencil Drawing Spanish Surrealism
<b>Dali</b>
SALVADOR DALI
1904 - Figueras - 1989
Couple - Erotique N.1 - Circa 1970
Original Stamped Signed Pencil Drawing
Title : Couple - Erotique N.1
Technique : Original pencil drawing on paper.
Paper size :15 X 7 cm / 5.9 X 2.8 inch.
Additional Information : This work is an ORIGINAL pencil drawing by Salvador Dali.
It is stamped signed twice with the Collection Perrot Moore ink stamp, first in the lower part of the drawing and again in the back side.
This drawing belonged to the Perrot Moore collection 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 till 1975 and was a close friend of both Dali himself and his wife Gala.
John Moore, i.e "Le Capitaine" first met Dall 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. Photo Certificate of Authenticity by Robert P. Descharnes from 27 June 2003.
2.The Perrot-Moore Collection, Museum Perrot-Moore, Cadaques, Spain.
Exhibited :1.Vienne, Palais Auersperg, "Salvador Dali, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Eine Austellung des Museu Perrot-Moore, Cadaques", Mars-Avril 1982, No. 179, illustrated in colors.
2.Munich, "Salvador Dali, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Eine Austellung des Museu Perrot-Moore, Cadaques", 1982, No. 179, illustrated in colors.
Condition : Good condition.