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La Noblesse du Temps
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The classic Dalinian symbol of time takes centre stage in this sculpture. Dalí’s soft watch is draped against a tree whose roots entwine a stone. The watch is stretched, its malleable form seems to take the shape of the tree. The trunk sprouts new roots and leaves grow from the branches, symbolizing new life.
In the sculpture, a crown adorns the watch. The terminology “crown of a watch” usually refers to the mechanical device which allows us to wind and set the hands of a clock. Without this important component, a watch won’t wind and cannot keep time.
Dalí plays with this notion, since time on a Dalinian watch is timeless, irrelevant and cannot be set. Dalí’s watches have no motion and lose all meaning, the essence of time is lost and melts away. The crown of the watch, in this case can be interpreted as a royal crown, symbolizing the “nobility” of time, indicating time’s mastery over human beings. Time reigns supreme over man, governing our existence in the real world, immutable and uncontrollable by man. By the side of time stand two recurring images: a meditative angel representative of the Spirit, and a female figure covering herself with a shawl.
About the artwork
| Technique | bronze, cire perdue |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 60 cm |
| Condition | excellent |
| Signature | gravée sur la base |
| Certificate | Certificate of authenticity avec l'oeuvre |
| Foundry | Perseo (CH) |
| Edition Information | numéroté sur 350 + 35 E.A. |
| Creation Information | conception en 1977 ; première fonte en 1984 |
| Reference | R. N. Descharnes Salvador Dalí Sculptures Objects. Eccart. Ref. 635, page 247. |
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SALVADOR DALí
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Doménech was born in 1904 in Figueras, Spain. A painter, sculptor, and author, he is considered one of the most distinctive representatives of surrealism and icons of the 20th century.
Influenced by Impressionism, he began his artistic training at the academy in Madrid. On the advice of Miro, he then left for Paris, where he joined the Surrealist group. There he met his future wife, Gala, his “surrealist muse” and the inspiration for his life and work.
Dalí found his unique style around 1929 when he invented the paranoiac-critical method. His works revolve around the themes of dreams, sexuality, his wife Gala, and religion.
The sculptures of Salvador Dalí
In the 1930s, Dalí began experimenting with three-dimensional art and sculpture. His desire was to translate the fetishes and obsessions of his unconscious into volume and solid matter. He thus recreated the major themes of his pictorial work in the form of sculptures. These sculptures were made using the lost wax technique, a process that allows for perfect precision in bronze modeling.
They represent a significant aspect of Dalí’s artistic creation and provide a synthesis of his interest in form. These bronze sculptures are effectively surrealism in the third dimension.
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