Unusual illustration, to be sold by Cheffins, was part of surrealist artist’s abandoned Arabian Nights project

Unusual illustration, to be sold by Cheffins, was part of surrealist artist’s abandoned Arabian Nights project

The Salvador Dali painting will be auctioned off after having been snapped up at a house clearance.

Painting spotted by dealer at Cambridge sale expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction

Il valore dell’opera emerso dopo ulteriori analisi che ne hanno confermato l’autenticità. Si tratta dell’illustrazione di un sultano che l’artista aveva realizzato nel 1966

The surrealist piece was purchased by an anonymous art dealer who discovered the artwork titled Vecchio Sultano at the sale in 2023.

The artwork had previously been offered for sale at Sotheby’s in the 1990s