Dalí found that glass and more precisely the pate de verre, offered the perfect medium for the "expression of metamorphosis" that, according to Dalí, is his surrealist perception of reality. The Daum collection allows us to see the genius of Dalí through the translucency of sculptures modeled from colored glass.
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, logician, diplomat, lawyer, librarian and philologist. The letter T is the first of the word and title of his principal work: Theodiceus, meaning doctrine treating God and His righteousness of Theos and Dike.
Catalogue Raisonné : Dali, Sculptures & Objects. Descharnes, Robert and Nicolas « The Hard and the Soft» p. 133 ref. 337
- Materials
- Molten glass
- Size
- 20 1/2 × 9 4/5 × 3 9/10 in | 52 × 25 × 10 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Very good condition
- Signature
- Signed in the mold
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Not included
- Manufacturer
- daum
The Leibniz Cross, 1976
Dalí found that glass and more precisely the pate de verre, offered the perfect medium for the "expression of metamorphosis" that, according to Dalí, is his surrealist perception of reality. The Daum collection allows us to see the genius of Dalí through the translucency of sculptures modeled from colored glass.
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, logician, diplomat, lawyer, librarian and philologist. The letter T is the first of the word and title of his principal work: Theodiceus, meaning doctrine treating God and His righteousness of Theos and Dike.
Catalogue Raisonné : Dali, Sculptures & Objects. Descharnes, Robert and Nicolas « The Hard and the Soft» p. 133 ref. 337
- Materials
- Molten glass
- Size
- 20 1/2 × 9 4/5 × 3 9/10 in | 52 × 25 × 10 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Very good condition
- Signature
- Signed in the mold
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Not included
- Manufacturer
- daum
