Naissance De Lameublement Paranoiaque
Artist: Salvador Dali
Artwork: Naissance De Lameublement Paranoiaque
Size: 63.7 x 48.4 cm
Medium: Gouache and charcoal on paper
Creation year: 1937
Category: Drawings
Artwork details : Executed circa 1937
Provenance: Edward James, London (probably acquired from the artist and until 1983); The Mayor Gallery, Ltd., London; Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the previous); Acquired from the previous by the late owner, 1984
Exhibition history: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 20 Years of Surrealist Paintings, April-May 1964; Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Thirty Years of Surrealist Paintings from the Edward James Collection, April-May 1967, p. 4, no. 23 (titled Lips and Nose in an Interior; with incorrect medium); Bedford, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Paintings from the Edward James Collection, July-August 1967, no. 31 (titled Lips and Nose in an Interior; with incorrect medium); London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Surrealist Pictures from the Edward James Collection: Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali , Max Ernst, Le onor Fini, ReneMagritte, Paul Nash, Pablo Picasso, Pawel Tchelitchew, 1969, no. 5 (titled A Room with Lips and Nose; with incorrect medium); London, Worthing Art Gallery, Paintings from the Edward James Collection, 1969, no. 25 (titled Lips and Nose in an Interior); Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Salvador Dali: Bruikleen uit de collectie Edward F.W. James, November 1970-January 1971, no. 118 (illustrated; with incorrect medium); Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Dali , Gemalde, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Schmuck: Ausstellung Salvador Daliunter Einschluss der Sammlung Edward F.W. James, January-April 1971, p. 220, no. 97 (illustrated, p. 221; with incorrect medium); Brighton Art Gallery and Museum, Follies and Fantasies, May-August 1971, p. 11, no. 104 (titled Lips and Nose in an Interior; with incorrect medium); Paris, Musee national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and London, Tate Gallery, Salvador Dali: Retrospective, 1920-1980, December 1979-July 1980, p. 232, no. 172 and p. 27, no. 131 respectively (illustrated; with incorrect medium); London, The Mayor Gallery and Robert Fraser Gallery, Fifty Drawings by Salvador Dalifrom the Edward James Collection, November-December 1983, no. 24; New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., XIX & XX Century Master Drawings & Watercolors, April-May 1984, no. 19 (illustrated; titled Lip and Nose in an Interior; with incorrect medium); Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Kunsthaus Zurich, Salvador Dali, May-October 1989, p. 183, no. 140 (illustrated; with incorrect medium)

Christie's New York

Date: 2019-11-11
Event: Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
Lot Number: 5A
Low Estimate: $700000 [+28%]
High Estimate: $1000000 [-9%]
Hammer Price: $900000
Sold For: $1095000