Salvador Dalí - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, April 29, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Salvador Dalí

    Spanish • 1904 - 1989

    Salvador Dalí was perhaps the most broadly known member of the Surrealist movement of the early twentieth century. Heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud, the avant-garde style explored consciousness and dream-like states through exaggerated landscapes and bizarre or grotesque imagery. Using the means of painting, sculpture, printmaking, film and literature, Dalí explored these ideas with a meticulous hand and inventive wit. 

    Although known for his role in Surrealism, Dalí was also a seminal example of celebrity showmanship and the cult of personality, a phenomenon that dominates popular culture today. Always a colorful and flamboyant presence with his signature cape, wide-eyed expression and trademark upturned waxed mustache, Dalí was a master of self-promotion and spectacle.

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170

Persistence of Memory

1981
Cast bronze multiple, with bronze and marble stand,
overall: 17 1/8 x 7 1/4 x 4 in (43.5 x 18.4 x 10.2 cm)
incised with signature, stamp numbered 36/350, with the Fonderia Tesconi Pietrasanta foundry stamp, in very good condition.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for $13,750

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Modern Editions
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Contemporary Editions
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Evening & Day Editions

New York 29 April 2013 10am & 6pm