Alma del Quijote
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989)
Lot-No. 727
Proceeds : 1.300 €
1975. Gilt bronze. On the cast plinth sign. 'Dali', numbered copy 159/300, Edition Exmundart S.A., Madrid. Bronze: h. 27 cm, marble base (min. dam.): h. 6,5 x w. 16 x d. 15 cm. - Multitalented spanish artist, main exponent of surrealism. He studied at the Madrid Academy a. was initially influenced by the 'pittura metafisica' of de Chirico and Carrà. During a Paris trip in 1929 he affiliated at the surrealist A. Breton. Freuds theories of interpretation of dreams fostered D.s inclination to the fantastac a. surreal. Some of his motifs are among the most famous and popular creations of modern art. Mus.: Figueres, St. Petersburg (Florida), Zürich a. others. Lit.: Etherington-Smith, Salber, Schiebler, Michler/Löpsinger 'S.D. - Catalogue raisoné of etchings and mixed-media prints, 1924-1980' (1994) a. others.
Salvador Dalí: Alma del Quijote
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989)
Alma del Quijote
Lot-No. 727
Proceeds : 1.300 €
1975. Gilt bronze. On the cast plinth sign. 'Dali', numbered copy 159/300, Edition Exmundart S.A., Madrid. Bronze: h. 27 cm, marble base (min. dam.): h. 6,5 x w. 16 x d. 15 cm. - Multitalented spanish artist, main exponent of surrealism. He studied at the Madrid Academy a. was initially influenced by the 'pittura metafisica' of de Chirico and Carrà. During a Paris trip in 1929 he affiliated at the surrealist A. Breton. Freuds theories of interpretation of dreams fostered D.s inclination to the fantastac a. surreal. Some of his motifs are among the most famous and popular creations of modern art. Mus.: Figueres, St. Petersburg (Florida), Zürich a. others. Lit.: Etherington-Smith, Salber, Schiebler, Michler/Löpsinger 'S.D. - Catalogue raisoné of etchings and mixed-media prints, 1924-1980' (1994) a. others.
