We have the great fortune to have just obtained several bronzes fromSpanish master Salvador Dali (1904-1989) to compliment our collection of Pop Artist Mr. Brainwash (AKA Thierry Guetta, b. 1966)here in our Miami location. While they are perhaps counterintuitive to place together, the combination between the clean surreal imagery of Dali and the cacophonous street art vibe of Mr. Brainwash… (which looks like it was stripped from a Bristol street corner)…. WORKS! Bold and fun, their thought-provoking imagery has us excited to display for our collectors worldwide.
Each Dali bronze is in pristine condition and will be accompanied by the original certification of authenticity from the publisher as descended from Dali himself. This is the same publisher we worked with when assisting in the placement of nearly 40 Dali bronzes in Carlos Slim Helu’s Museo Soumaya in Mexico City in 2006-7.
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Profile of Time (Multiple-scale, edition of 350, plus 35EA- first conceived 1977, first cast 1984- HGT: 51cm)
This sculpture echoes Dalí’s famous 1931 painting ‘The Persistence of Memory’ in which the famous melted watch appeared for the first time. As the watch liquefies over the tree, it forms into a human profile, underlining the interminable relationship between man and time. The unexpected softness of the watch also represents the psychological aspect whereby time, whilst considered to be precise and fixed in its nature, can, in fact, vary significantly in human perception. All men must bend to the passing of time. We see Dalí’s profile in the face of the clock. There is a tear falling from his eye, lamenting the path of life that all men must travel.
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Horse Saddled with Time (Multiple-scale, edition of 350, plus 35EA- first conceived and cast in 1980- HGT: 53cm)
The theme of lapsing time troubled Spanish master Salvador Dalí incessantly. He once stated “The mechanical object was to become my worst enemy, and as for watches, they would have to be soft, or not be at all”. The horse, one of Dalí’s favorite images, is saddled with Dalinian time. The famous soft-watch is used here in place of a normal saddle. The horse is portrayed as the representation of life weighed down and harnessed tightly by time. The sculpture signifies the omnipresence of time and the weight it has in all our actions. The raging horse appears to protest against this unwelcome constraint, his movements a futile attempt to free himself. Time races on and reminds us of man’s fleeting voyage through life and our own mortality. This surrealistic beast cannot be ridden by man, for it is time who is the ultimate rider. Dalí believed that time and space could not be dissociated, and this sculpture illustrates time in its disordered dimension, fluid, receding and transitory.
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Nobility of Time (Multiple-scale, edition of 350, plus 35EA- first conceived 1977, first cast 1984- HGT: 60cm)
Dalí’s soft watch is both draped against and supported by the remains of a tree whose trunks sprout new life and whose roots entwine a stone. The terminology, “the crown of a watch” usually indicates a mechanical device which allows us to set the hands and wind the timepiece. Time, however, according to a Dalínian watch, is changeless and cannot be set, and the watch itself has no internal power or motion. Given this absence of movement, the crown in this case is interpreted by the artist as a royal crown which adorns the watch, identifies time’s mastery over human beings rather than its utility to him. His majesty is attended by two reoccurring, fantastical Dalínian symbols: a contemplative angel, and a woman draped in shawls look on. Time reigns supreme over both art and reality.
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Triumphant Elephant (Multiple-scale, edition of 350, plus 35EA- first conceived 1975, first cast 1984- HGT: 53cm)
The elephant, Dalí’s symbol of the future, is one of his favorite images, often typically depicted carrying objects on their backs. Dalí subverts the idea of the elephant being heavy and strong, by giving it impossibly long legs. It is an example of pure Daliesque whimsy, a fantastic image created by juxtaposing the immense weight with the fragility of the thin joints. There is a sense of otherworldliness as Dalí’s elephants defy the laws of nature moving effortlessly, almost gracefully. These spindly legs remind us of stilts and crutches, which Dalí used so often in his work. The elephant was a recurring theme, first appearing in his 1944 painting Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening. The Triumphant Elephant is one of the artist’s most iconic and instantly recognizable images. The figure resting lightly on the pachyderms back is an angel, an image which featured widely in Dalí’s oeuvre. In Dalinian psychology, the messenger represents the subconscious that guides man through life. The elephant raises his trunk triumphantly as the jubilant herald mirrors this action trumpeting success and hope for the future. Dalí’s fascination with elephants was such that when Air India commissioned him to create a souvenir in 1967, Dalí presented a porcelain ashtray; a swan which transformed into an elephant when turned upside down. In lieu of payment, the eclectic Spaniard asked for a baby elephant which was duly flown from Bangalore to Geneva.
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