Salvador Dalí
Old Age (from Edades de la Vida) (M&L 1434; Field 72-1-D), 1973
Signed and numbered from the edition of 300 in pencil, on Arches wove paper, published by Galerie …
Read moreSigned and numbered from the edition of 300 in pencil, on Arches wove paper, published by Galerie Spectra, Zurich, the full sheet 760 x 560mm (29 7/8 x 22in) (unframed)
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Salvador Dalí was a leading proponent of Surrealism, the 20-century avant-garde movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious through strange, dream-like imagery. “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision,” he said. Dalí is specially credited with the innovation of “paranoia-criticism,” a philosophy of art making he defined as “irrational understanding based on the interpretive-critical association of delirious phenomena.” In addition to meticulously painting fantastic compositions, such as The Accommodations of Desire (1929) and the melting clocks in his famed The Persistence of Memory (1931), Dalí was a prolific writer and early filmmaker, and cultivated an eccentric public persona with his flamboyant mustache, pet ocelot, and outlandish behavior and quips.
Signed and numbered from the edition of 300 in pencil, on Arches wove paper, published by Galerie …
Read moreSigned and numbered from the edition of 300 in pencil, on Arches wove paper, published by Galerie Spectra, Zurich, the full sheet 760 x 560mm (29 7/8 x 22in) (unframed)
Please Note: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Salvador Dalí was a leading proponent of Surrealism, the 20-century avant-garde movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious through strange, dream-like imagery. “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision,” he said. Dalí is specially credited with the innovation of “paranoia-criticism,” a philosophy of art making he defined as “irrational understanding based on the interpretive-critical association of delirious phenomena.” In addition to meticulously painting fantastic compositions, such as The Accommodations of Desire (1929) and the melting clocks in his famed The Persistence of Memory (1931), Dalí was a prolific writer and early filmmaker, and cultivated an eccentric public persona with his flamboyant mustache, pet ocelot, and outlandish behavior and quips.
