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Dali, Salvador
Dali at the Age of Six, when he Thought he was a Girl, Lifting the Skin of the Water to see a Dog Sleeping in the Shade of the Sea
1950
Oil on canvas
80 x 99 cm
Comte Francois de Vallombreuse Collection, Paris
La meraviglia, la bellezza. Perché non si vive di soli sogni (causati dal volo di un’ape intorno a una melagrana un attimo prima del risveglio).
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Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989). Portrait of Laurence Olivier in the Role of Richard III, 1955. Oil on canvas. 73.5 x 63 cm (28 15/16 x 24 13/16 in.). Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Spain.
© 2008 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Sunday Dalí: An Allegory of an American Christmas, 1934. Oil on canvas.
Despite our American post-9/11 mentality, the airplane flying into the egg is not a premonition of the terrorist attack. The egg is a symbol of fertility, and, in this case, it symbolizes Dalí’s new-found influx of creativity following his immigration to America.
Many artists fled Europe at this time as tension was rising between Hitler’s Germany and the rest of Europe. Most of these artists, including Dalí, settled in New York City propelling the city in front of Paris to the forefront of the art world.
Sunday Dalí: Book Transforming Itself into a Nude Woman, 1940. Oil on canvas, 16¼ x 20⅛; inches. Private collection.
This painting was hidden from public view from 1941 until 2004. As a result it is not included in Robert Descharnes catalogue raisonné or in any other exhibition prior to that point.
The open book in the foreground is in the process of transforming into a reclining nude woman. The knife separates the woman’s buttocks. A similar theme can be seen in the 1936 Autumn Cannibalism.
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