DALI Salvador (1904 - 1989) ORIGINAL DRAWING, [1971]; blue felt-tip pen on paper, 31.4 x 23.9 cm. Indicative sketch for the photograph taken at the Port Lligat pool Lligat pool, for an issue of Vogue of which Salvador Dali was editor-in-chief (Christmas 1971). Attached is the Christmas 1971 issue of Vogue (discussed above), with Dali's autograph signature on the cover and Dali Museums badge pinned to the cover (ex. unclipped). PROVENANCE Gift of the artist to Jocelyn Kargere, artistic director of Vogue Paris, made in Cadaquès in 1971. - Artcurial sale May 9, 2011, n° 215 (authenticated by M. Nicolas Descharnes)

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