Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was one of our greatest modern artists and an icon of surrealism. Dalí's fantastic expression in paintings, sculptures, films and writings helped to cement the identity of Surrealism. Drawing inspiration from Freud's psychoanalysis, Einstein's theory of relativity, impressionism and Renaissance painting, Dalí rendered symbolist, fantastical creatures and landscapes. Few artists have had such a peculiar universe as Salvador Dalí, where an imaginative mix of madness executed with technical perfection and precision reigns. His painting "The Persistence of Memory" from 1931 is one of the most famous works of art of all time. Dalí lived as he created - in constant movement, in search of immortality.
A central concept in Dalí's world was the idea around duality; the contrast between the hard and the soft. The egg, one of Dalí's many obsessions, ties into the theme in an exquisite way. Snails and lobsters were also used as images by the artist as, like the egg, they also have a hard shell with a soft interior. Dalí draws associations from the egg to prenatal images, the universe of the womb and thus becomes a symbol of both hope, rebirth and love.
Size: Height 65 cm
Technique: Sculpture
Material: Bronze
Edition: 350
Caster: Perseo, Switzerland
Year: Created by Dalí in 1977 and the first work in the series was cast in 1984.
Signed and numbered. Certificates from The Dalí Universe and Perseo accompany the sculpture.
Estimated delivery time 6-8 weeks.