SALVADOR DALI (Spanish, 1904-1989)
“Métamorphose topologique de la Vénus de Milo traversée par les tiroirs” (1964)
Signed ‘Salvador Dalí’ (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark “CIRE PERDUE C. VALSUANI PARIS’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 45 ¼ in. (114.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1964; this bronze version cast in 1988.
Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytical theory recognizes the necessity in developing certain controls over the uninhibited expression of human fantasies. Salvador Dali likened these controls to storing desires in “anthropomorphic cabinets” “Metamorphose Topologique de la Venus de Milo” explores the feminine sensuality as being hidden from polite society in drawers which permeate and intersect every part of her…. Her mind, her gut, her sex.
