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Salvador Dali, 1939, from the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection, Library of Congress

Houston Salvation Army receives gift of purported Dali artworks

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Salvador Dali, 1939, from the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection, Library of Congress
Salvador Dali, 1939, from the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection, Library of Congress

HOUSTON (AP) – A donor who wishes to remain anonymous has given a Houston charity items offered as originals by famed Spanish artist Salvador Dali.

The Salvation Army has put the abstract pieces on display at one of its thrift stores. Certificates of authenticity accompany the artworks by Dali, who died in 1989.

The items range from drawings to lithographs to individual prints. A bronze crucifix is part of the display.

Assistant store manager Carl Roberts says written bids will be accepted through the end of September.

Roberts says the woman who donated the items previously gave the charity other Dali artworks, which were auctioned online.

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