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L’Homme-Oiseau
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The theme of the birdman comes from antiquity. In ancient Egypt he appeared as Horus, a God with a man’s body and the head of a falcon; Horus being the Egyptian God of the sky. In this sculpture, Dalí combines two incongruous parts, substituting the head of a human figure with the head of a heron, sculpting a half-human, half-bird-like figure. Curves, drapes and hair emphasize the sculpture’s fluidity and sophistication.
For the body of the sculpture, Dalí took inspiration from the statue of Antinous (1543) from the Belvedere Gardens in Rome, now part of the Vatican collections. Antinous was a young Bithynian Greek, a favorite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Dalí takes inspiration both from the figures posture, and from the position of the drape on the left arm. In this sculpture, Dalí wishes to illustrate his vision of metamorphosis and his obsession with birds, and their anatomy.
About the artwork
| Technique | bronze, cire perdue |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 27 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 1972 ; première fonte en 1981 |
| Reference | R. N. Descharnes Salvador Dalí Sculptures Objects. Eccart. Ref. 291, page 119. |
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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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