Venus à la Giraffe
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989)
Lot-No. 635
Proceeds : 2.500 €
1973. Bronze, silver coloured patinated. H. 57,5 x 9 x 27,5 cm. Signed Dalí, numbered copy 660/1000, foundry mark VENTURI ARTE. The depiction of Venus is one of the most outstanding works in Dalí's late oeuvre. The graceful figure, wrapped in a flowing robe, is interrupted by Dalí's characteristic drawers - Expertise: Certificate by venturi arte - 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: Venus à la Giraffe
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904 - Figueres 1989)
Venus à la Giraffe
Lot-No. 635
Proceeds : 2.500 €
1973. Bronze, silver coloured patinated. H. 57,5 x 9 x 27,5 cm. Signed Dalí, numbered copy 660/1000, foundry mark VENTURI ARTE. The depiction of Venus is one of the most outstanding works in Dalí's late oeuvre. The graceful figure, wrapped in a flowing robe, is interrupted by Dalí's characteristic drawers - Expertise: Certificate by venturi arte - 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.
