Archive for November, 2007
RECENT RETURNS FOR Salvador Dal+¡ SOCIETY CLIENTS
Kabuki Dancer – An original watercolor with collage by Salvador Dal+¡ purchased from The Salvador Dal+¡ Society-« February 2005 for $100,000. SOLD February 26th, 2007 for $189,000 Sothebys-«.
Alice in Wonderland – An original watercolor on board by Salvador Dal+¡ purchased from The Salvador Dal+¡ Society-« December 2005 for $82,500 SOLD February 26th 2007 for $259,000 Sothebys-«.
RECENT SALES OF Salvador Dal+¡ MIXED MEDIA & WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
1. Salvador Dal+¡ – Le Voyage Fantastique Year 1965 – Medium gouache, watercolor, wash, brush and India ink and pencil Size 40 x 60 in. / 101.5 x 152.5 cm. Misc. Signed Sale Of Christie’s London: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 [Lot 140]
Sold For $1,141,732 US
2. Salvador Dal+¡ – Le Comte-Duc de Olivares Year 1965 – Medium gouache, watercolor, and pen and ink, oil and black crayon on card Size 60 x 40 in. / 152.5 x 101.5 cm. Misc. Signed Sale Of Sotheby’s London: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 [Lot 71]
Sold for $711,743 US
3. Salvador Dal+¡ – Cheval et femme surr+¬aliste Year 1933 – Medium pen and ink Size 25.2 x 18.9 in. / 64 x 48 cm. Misc. Signed Sale Of Sotheby’s London: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 [Lot 183]
Sold For $651,957 US
4. Salvador Dal+¡ – Le petit tigre hallucinog+¿ne or 50 peintures abstraites qui, vues de trois m+¿tres, se transforment en trois f+¬lins d+¬guis+¬s en chinois, et vues de neuf m+¿tres appara+«t la t+¬te Year 1963 – Medium gouache and pencil on card Size 23 x 26.2 in. / 58.3 x 66.5 cm. Misc. Signed Sale Of Christie’s London: Thursday, June 22, 2006 [Lot 498]
Sold For $595,555 US
5. Salvador Dal+¡ – Autoportrait +á la Mona Lisa Year 1973 – Medium collage, watercolor and oil on card Size 24.1 x 18.8 in. / 61.1 x 47.7 cm. Misc. Signed Sale Of Christie’s London: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 [Lot 234]
Sold For $426,877US
6. Salvador Dal+¡ – Personnage fantastique en costume m+¬dieval Year 1937 – Medium gouache, brush and pen and ink Size 35.4 x 22 in. / 90 x 56 cm. Sale Of Christie’s London: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 [Lot 106]
Sold For $425,196 US
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Inspired by the classic Science fiction film of the same name, Salvador Dal+¡ painted Fantastic Voyage welcoming an eerie sense of surrealism and fantasy that transports the viewer into their own “Fantastic Voyage.” The film concerns a group of American Scientists frantically working to save the life of a colleague. The task at hand involves a mission inside the scientist’s body to remove a deadly blood clot. To accomplish this, the crew shrinks their vessel and themselves in order to access the clot. The film starred Stephan Boyd and Racquel Welch.
Dal+¡ worked with the film’s studio, 20th Century Fox, to promote the movie’s New York release. The campaign was documented by filmmakers Albert and David Maysles and subsequently made into a short eight minute film titled Salvador Dal+¡’s Fantastic Dream. The footage shows Dal+¡ crusading around New York City using his celebrity to draw attention to the film’s premiere.
The movie intrigued both critics and audiences and went to achieve box office success and was the recipient of many awards. It has since become a landmark in cinema, often praised for its use of special effects.
Dal+¡’s painting seems to suggest an all together different “Voyage.” The voyage in the film entails going inside of the human body. Dal+¡ interprets the voyage as not going inside of the body but inside of the mind to explore its vast dimensions. Thus we are presented with a portrait of Dal+¡’s subconscious. One can visualize the path laid out for the viewer as Dal+¡’s “Voyage.” We see reminiscense of older work suggested by the grand piano and telephone. Here Dal+¡ sought to embody the spirit of the film rather than copy it.
The Salvador Dal+¡ Society-« has the original hand signed lithograph “Fantastic Voyage” published by the esteemed Sidney Lucas available. Fantastic Voyage is considered to be one of the most valued graphics ever produced by Dal+¡ and 1965, the year the piece was produced, was the climax of Dal+¡ print making. Contact a senior art consultant at the Salvador Dal+¡ Society for more information on Fantastic Voyage.
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INE ART TREASURES: ART SCAM
** Four federal search warrants and seven federal seizure warrants were executed today in the Los Angeles area as part of a joint investigation related to an alleged television and Internet art fraud scheme, announced J. Stephen Tidwell, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. Agencies involved in the joint federal investigation in Los Angeles include the United States Attorneys Office, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, the Los Angeles Police Departments (LAPD) Art Theft Detail and the FBIs Art Crime Team.
The investigation involves the alleged sale of fraudulent artwork on the art auction television show, Fine Art Treasures Gallery, also doing business as Morei, Inc. and Fine Art Network, Inc. The art auction show is televised live nationally, and can also be seen live world wide, via the Internet
http://losangeles.fbi.gov/pressrel/2006/la090706.htm
-taken from a press release by the FBI
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