Étude du Christ et du pain, au verso du bras du Christ et de la table pour le tableau La Cène. 1955.
Pencil drawing.
Signed. On smooth thin board. 34 x 43 cm (13.3 x 16.9 in), size of sheet.
With a sketch of an arm and the Last Supper on the reverse.
Sketches for the large painting' Última Cena ( National Gallery of Art) completed in 1955. [IC].

Accompanied by a confirmation issued by J. Peter Moore on May 1, 1992 and with photo confirmation from Isidor Bea.
Nicolas and Olivier Descharnes confirmed this work's authenticity orally. The drawing is registered at the Archive Deschares under the archive number d7074_1955.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

EXHIBITION: Salvador Dalí. Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Grafik, Städtische Galerie im Fruchtkasten des Klosters Ochsenhausen, July 16 - October 3, 2000, no p. (with illu.).

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