Salvador Dali, ‘Omelette figures ou personnages omelettes’

SALVADOR DALI (Spanish, 1904–1989)

‘Omelette figures ou personnages omelettes’ (1934)

Signed with pencil Size: 36 x 43,5 cm (11 x 7 inch) Framed and glazed

Estimate: 25,000 – 30,000 Euro

"The fact that I myself, at the moment of painting, do not understand my own pictures,
does not mean that these pictures have no meaning; on the contrary,
their meaning is so profound, complex, coherent, and involuntary that it escapes
the most simple analysis of logical intuition."

- Salvador Dali -

EXHIBITED

1964 Japan: Salvador Dali Exhibition-Japan’
        Tokyo, 8 September – 10 October
        Nagoya, 23 October – 30 October
        Kyoto, 3 November – 29 November
1989 Germany Stuttgart, 12 May – 23 July
1989 Switzerland Zurich, 18 August – 22 October, Cat. No. 130

PROVENANCE

Robert P. Descharnes (secretary of Dali) Gallery André-François Petit,
Paris JD Malat Gallery,
London Private collection Ronnie Wood,
London Private collection Jamie Wood,
London, acquired from his father

HESSINK'S AUCTIONEERS - SALVADOR DALI ‘Omelette figures ou personnages omelettes’

SALVADOR DALI (Spanish, 1904–1989)

"The fact that I myself, at the moment of painting, do not understand my own pictures,
does not mean that these pictures have no meaning; on the contrary,
their meaning is so profound, complex, coherent, and involuntary that it escapes
the most simple analysis of logical intuition."

Auction 25 MAY 2021

Modern & contemporary art

Hessink's Auctioneers

HESSINK'S AUCTIONEERS - SALVADOR DALI ‘Omelette figures ou personnages omelettes’

SALVADOR DALI (Spanish, 1904–1989)

"The fact that I myself, at the moment of painting, do not understand my own pictures, does not mean that these pictures have no meaning; on the contrary, their meaning is so profound, complex, coherent, and involuntary that it escapes the most simple analysis of logical intuition."

Auction 25 MAY 2021

Modern & contemporary art

Hessink's Auctioneers

"The fact that I myself, at the moment of painting, do not understand my own pictures,
does not mean that these pictures have no meaning; on the contrary,
their meaning is so profound, complex, coherent, and involuntary that it escapes
the most simple analysis of logical intuition."