SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) Large Venus de Milo with drawers Model dating from 1964 Green patina bronze proof Signed on the terrace and numbered 2/8 Foundry stamp "CIRE PERDUE C. VALSUANI PARIS" on the side of the terrace Cast in 1988 Total height: 218 cm Base: 67.5 x 66 x 10 cm Bronze with green patina Signed on the base, numbered 2/8 and inscribed "Cire perdue C. Valsuani Paris" on the side Conceived in 1988 Height : 85 3/4 in. Base : 26 1/2 x 26 x 4 in. Provenance European private collection Private collection, Cannes Exhibition Dali "Sculptures Monumentales", Paris, Place Vendôme, 30 May - 20 August 1995 (another copy) Bibliography Robert and Nicolas Descharnes, "Dali, le dur et le mou, sculptures et objets", Editions Eccart, Paris 2004, reproduced and listed on page 37 under no. 68 (another copy) This work is registered in the Nicolas Descharnes archives under reference O-176/1008. A notarised copy of the certificate of authenticity from Robert and Nicolas Descharnes dated 4 June 1994 will be given to the buyer.