Salvador Dalí, Spanish 1904-1989, Dance of Time I, c. 2010; bronze with green and gold patina, incised 'Dalí, numbered '247/350', and with the foundry mark 'Cera persa/Perseo/SA/Mendrisio', cast using the lost wax technique by the Perseo Foundry, height: 38.5 cm (size does no include marble base, 3 cm high approximately), (ARR) Note: conceived in 1979 and first cast in 1984, this version cast at a later date c. 2010. Together with a Foundry Certificate, and two certificates of authenticity issued by the Editor I.A.R Art Resources Ltd, and Halcyon Gallery. Provenance: Private UK Collection / Halcyon Gallery

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