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Salvador Dali (1904-1989, Spanish)  Le Pain et Le Vin

Salvador Dali (1904-1989, Spanish).  A rare and important one-of-a-kind object / sculpture.  Untitled, known as Le Pain et le Vin (The Bread and the Wine).  Created in 18K gold by Salvador Dali, year of work; conceived 1965, casting 1970.  On the underside, the plaque is engraved Dali - Sterle, Oeuvre Originale, Le 1er Mars 1970,  Sterle Joillier, 364, Rue St. Honore, Paris.  Illustrated on page 89, plate 208 of Robert & Nicolas Descharnes, "Dali" Sculptures & Objects, The Hard and the Soft.  The piece is formed by a stylized turtle (in the form of a bread bun) mounted by two wading birds interlinked and propped with spatula like beaks and wings, enameled in applique a jour.  The nails and the beak are in enamels and surround a lozenged block of rock crystal.  The eyes and nails are polychrome enameled.  The butterfly wings are in translucent enamel and the birds shoulder two stylized scrolls, one decorated with a seahorse.  Mounted as lamps, the beaks and wings hide electric bulbs (with original cord and 110 volt connecting plug).  The front of the turtle is signed Dali.  Measures 22.5" x 15.75" x 7" (57 x 40 x 17.8 centimeters).  Weighs approximately 15.5 pounds (7 kilos).

PROVENANCE:  Former collection of Mafalda Davis (1914-2009).

Sale 10/10/1997, Lot 123 Bonduelle-Lancry, France, Mafalda Davis Collection.

Private estate collection by descent.

William Tolman Carlton (1816-1888, MA) 

Carlton's most well-known painting "Waiting for the Hour",
depicting slaves waiting for the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect, hangs over Lincoln's desk in the White House at Washington, DC.

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Dale Chihuly (Washington b-1941) Macchia Seaform 4-Piece Set,
Signed and dated 1987

Sevres Allegorical Sculpture,
D'Apres Carnaval

Lemuel D. Eldred (1848-1921)
Oil on Canvas, Schooner Yacht, New Bedford, MA

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David Hockney, (British, b-1937) 
Pool Made With Paper & Blue Ink For Book.  Together with its original book:  Paper Pools by Thames and Hudson.  Both signed by David Hockney and numbered.

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John Speed, A map of New England and New York.  Double-page copper engraved map, hand-colored, c.1676.  Typically referred to as Speed's Map of New England.  Engraved by F. Lamb.