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Que font ces gens is a beautiful modern artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1945.

China Ink Drawing on paper. 

Original outstanding drawing realized to illustrate the book "The Labyrinth" by Maurice Sandoz, published in 1945.

Signed and dated on the lower right recto.

Executed on thick cream wove paper, not laid down and taped to the mount along the upper edge. The upper, right and lower edges are slightly unevenly cut. There are two pinholes towards the upper right and upper left corners. The sheet is time stained and there is a spot of foxing beneath the lower edge of the drawing. There are some remnants from previous mounting at the upper two corners not visible when framed. There are handling marks to the perimeter of the sheet. The ink is strong and well preserved.

The artwork is accompanied by authentication of Robert P. Descharnes, Paris 2003, reference archive: D-3461.

Prov. Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Sale, July 2020.