Salvador DALI (1904-1989) - Lot 187

Salvador DALI (1904-1989) Study for the ball in the dream scene of Alfred Hitchcock's film Spellbound (1945), 1944 Pen and Indian ink, ink wash and pencil on paper mounted on cardboard. Signed and dated in black ballpoint pen on the cardboard of the marie louise "Dali / 1956". Manuscript in Indian ink from top to bottom and from left to right: "Sihuetes fotografiques [photographic silhouettes] / decupes [cut out] / MATEMATIquEMENT [mathematically] / en fauce [false] perspective", "piramide [pyramid] construite / renvers [overturned] / sur la quel' jue [on which plays] / l'orquesre [the orchestra], pour / profite de l'echafaudage [the scaffolding] / deja existan [already existing]", "pianos [piano] miniature / au foNd" and "brai [vrais] piano / recouvert de / Neige". 9.5 x 12 cm (subject) 20.5 x 23 cm (with signed frame) A certificate from Mr. Nicolas Decharnes and Mr. Olivier Descharnes, dated October 19, 2023, will be given to the buyer.