Exhumation of Salvador Dalí’s Body Ordered in Paternity Case
In an interview shortly after she took legal action, she said
that she wanted recognition as Dalí’s daughter and "after that, whatever corresponds to me." At the time, Ms. Abel explained that she filed the lawsuit, rather than her mother, Antonia Martínez de Haro, because her mother was in poor health and had Alzheimer’s disease.
Pilar Abel, a Tarot card reader, wants to be recognized as Dalí’s daughter, born as a result of what she has called a "clandestine love affair"
that her mother had with the painter in the late 1950s in Port Lligat, the fishing village where Dalí and his Russian-born wife, Gala, built a waterfront house.
By RAPHAEL MINDERJUNE 26, 2017
MADRID — A Spanish court ordered the exhumation of the corpse of Salvador Dalí in order
to settle a woman’s claim to be recognized as the daughter of the Surrealist painter.
The foundation that manages the museum and other parts of Dalí’s estate said it would appeal the exhumation
order, which was decided by a judge from a Madrid court last week but only made public on Monday.
The court said that DNA testing should be done on Dalí’s corpse because no other remains or belongings were available
that could allow a proper examination to settle the paternity claim.
