Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
“Untitled” (colorful feet and figures) (1979)
Gouache, black ink and crayons on cardboard
70cm x 50cm (28″ x 19.7″)
Signed and dated “Dali 1979” lower left.
Provenance: Descended from the collection of Capt. Perrot Moore, Dali’s friend, manager and secretary.
To be accompanied by the original certification of authenticity from Nicolas Descharnes.
PRICE: on request
Feet are a common theme throughout Surrealist art starting with Van Gogh’s “Pair of Shoes” (1886) to Magritte’s “Red Model” in 1934.
Unlike eyes, hands or other representative body parts, feet are generally expressionless. They serve only to ground the subject and convey stability or motion, nothing further. Dali however used feet as “le surréalisme au service de la revolution” (Surrealism in the service of revolution), creating vantagepoints which juxtapose the traditional…. Sensual and utilitarian. Dali’s feet colorfully stamp this otherworldly 1979 drawing of fauns, gods and man, create a sense that the viewer voyeuristically watches their fête from below, as it takes place in the Heavens.
