Archive, Fine Art, Old Masters

Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989)
The Birth of Liquid Anguish (Naissance des angoisses liquides)
signed and dated ‘Gala Salvador. Dali 1932’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ½ x 15 in. (54.5 x 38 cm.)
Painted in 1932

Estimate
GBP 1,600,000 – GBP 2,400,000

Christie's London, The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Provenance
Galerie André-François Petit, Paris, by 1970.
Galleria Notizie, Turin.
Galerie Benador, Geneva, by 1971.
Galleria Levi, Milan, by 1973.
Davlyn Gallery, New York, by 1979.
Galerie Musashino, Tokyo, by 1989 and until at least 1994.
Dieter Scharf, Hamburg.
Private collection, Germany, a gift from the above in 2001.