| Bronze from Bonvicini foundry with original certificate. Sold with original certificate of authenticity from Publisher and Fonderie Bonvicini . Robert & Nicholas Descharnes, Dali’: le Dur et le Mou, Sculptures & Objet, (Catalogue Raisonne’ of Dali’ Sculpture), 2004 “Le Dur et le Mou” [p. 162-163 #412, illustration of another cast]
The concept behind this piece is found in Nu Descendant un escalier, numéro 2, a pre-Dadaist piece presented by Marcel Duchamp in the Dalmau Gallery in Barcelona in 1912 at the “First Cubist exhibition” held in Spain. |