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Salvador Dalí
Le cabinet anthropomorphique
- Estimate
- £10,000 - 15,000♠
£12,500
Lot Details
Bronze sculpture with brown patina, and two bronze keys,
1973/82
31.8 x 59.7 x 14 cm (12 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
incised with signature and numbered 220/330, with the Mibrosa, Barcelona foundry stamp, in very good condition.
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Salvador Dalí
Spanish | B. 1904 D. 1989Salvador 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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