Salvador Dalí
Spanish
b. May 11, 1904, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain —
d. January 23, 1989, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
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Famous Spanish surrealist painter, Salvador Dalí had an artistic repertoire that included sculpture, painting, photography, multi-media work. He is known for his technical skill as a painter and the shocking quality of his imagination. His pioneering spirit was also accompanied by a reverence of tradition and a will for continuity. Dalí consistently depicted the landscape of his homeland, one that became synonymous with the landscape of the imagination and of dreams. He forged, in his long career, a remarkable body of work. He is perhaps best known for his 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory, showing melting clocks in a landscape setting. Many of Dalí’s artworks evince a fascination for Classical and Renaissance art.
Salvador Dalí’s artworks are represented in public collections worldwide. In the United States The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, houses one of the largest collections of Dalí's paintings.
The Ballet of Flowers - The Couturier (Fashion Designer), 1979-1980
Lithograph on Arches and Japon paper
27 x 19 inches
Edition of 350 (Arches) + 350 EV (Intl.) + 150 Japon + 75 AP + 75 EA + 65 HC + 5 PP + G1/G125 PrP (#211/350)
Framed
Ivanhoe Series - King Richard, Rowena (Two of Staves), Wilfred of Ivanhoe, King Richard and The Overseer, 1977-78
Lithograph on Arches and Japon paper
30 x 21 inches
Edition of 250 + 150 Japon + 65 HC + 5 PP + I-CL (Arches) + I-C (Wove Paper) (AP 119/150)
All four are in pristine condition and unframed
L'Académie de Paris, 1971
Etching on Arches paper with handpainted watercolor
Image: 16 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches
Plate: 16 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 inches
Edition of 300 + 20 AP (#57/300)
Framed
The Clot Collection - 12 of 22 bronze sculptures, 1969-1976
The twenty-two sculptures of the Clot Collection were created between 1969 and 1976 at Salvador Dali’s home in Port Lligat while the artist was suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The Clot collection represents a cultural history covering many centuries. In the first thirty years of the 20th Century the young Dalí acquired knowledge through studying the famous Greek canons of the human body.
The Clot collection is unique in Dalí's oeuvre in that it manages to show all his interests in a most personal accessible way. It is also special because it literally shows Dalí's personal touch - the mark of his fingers in the wax which have been transferred magnificently to the bronze surface. The sheer variety of the sculptures are as important as Dalí's wide palette in his paintings.
Although Dalí's hands were sometimes a little unsteady in the creation of the collection they truly represent the mature and classical Dalí. The sculptures represent an overview of his life. Importantly they are the only three dimensional objects which can be justly described as original Dalí sculptures because he was so closely involved with their casting.
