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"Saint Georges et le Dragon" is a unique drawing by Salvador Dalí. The drawing is signed in the lower right, "Gala Dalí 1962". The framed piece measures 28 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Salvador Dali is best known for The Persistence of Memory, his painting of clocks melting in a landscape, the prolific Spanish Surrealist artist was born in 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He studied at an academy in Madrid before moving to Paris in the 1920s. There, he interacted with Magritte, Miro, and Picasso, and began his Surrealist phase. He painted The Persistence of Memory in 1931. He moved to New York in 1940. Dali, like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, designed for theater productions as early as 1927. Later, the extent of his work went beyond creating stage décor and costumes to providing the libretto for Bacchanale (1939) and Labyrinth (1941). A lifetime of relentless controversy and self-promotion, as well as an extraordinary body of paintings and sculpture, assured Dali of what he wanted — immortality, or at least enduring fame that transcends art.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, acquired from the Artist
Christie's London: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 [Lot 00146] Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Private Collection, acquired from the above

Exhibition:
Tokyo, Prince Hotel Gallery, Salvador Dali, 8 September - 18 October, 1964
Nagoya, Prefectural Museum of Art, Salvador Dali, 23-30 October, 1964
Kyoto, Municipal Art Gallery, Salvador Dali, 3-29 November, 1964
New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dali 1910-1965, 18 December, 1965- 28 Février, 1966
Bruges, Stichting Sint-Jan, Salvador Dali. Doeken & Aquarellen, 18 Juillet 18- 2 Novembre, 1997
Turin, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Salvador Dalì, La vita è il sogno, Novembre 1996-Mars 1997
Augsburg, Römisches Museum, Dali, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft, 15 Septembre – 26 Novembre, 2000

Literature:
Dali, Mara e Beppe, Bilder einer Freundschaft (Augsburg: Römisches Museum, 2000), p. 132 
Salvador Dali & Shuzo Takiguchi, eds., et al., Salvador Dali (Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1964)