Sotheby's Paris is set to auction a previously unpublished autograph diary belonging to Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The diary, predicted to sell for $45,000-$56,000, contains original drawings, artistic observations and expenses.
Sotheby's Paris is set to auction a previously unpublished autograph diary belonging to Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The diary, predicted to sell for $45,000-$56,000, contains original drawings, artistic observations and expenses.
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The diary is believed to date somewhere between 1930 and 1935, a period which saw Dali's star rise with works including "<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moma.org%2Fcollection%2Fworks%2F79018" target="_blank" target="_blank">The Persistence of Memory</a>" and the artist's increasing profile in the United States.
The diary is believed to date somewhere between 1930 and 1935, a period which saw Dali's star rise with works including "The Persistence of Memory" and the artist's increasing profile in the United States.
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Dali was no stranger to controversy during this period either. In 1933 he drew criticism from fellow Surrealists when he painted the face of Lenin in "<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernamuseet.se%2Fstockholm%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2010%2F11%2FSalvador-Dali1-625x366.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank">The Enigma of William Tell</a>". Some of Dali's contemporaries attempted to deface the work when it went on display, latter putting the artist on trial and banning him from attending future meetings of the clique.
Dali was no stranger to controversy during this period either. In 1933 he drew criticism from fellow Surrealists when he painted the face of Lenin in "The Enigma of William Tell". Some of Dali's contemporaries attempted to deface the work when it went on display, latter putting the artist on trial and banning him from attending future meetings of the clique.
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An artist obsessed with the subconscious mind, Dali was known to induce hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as "paranoiac critical." What resulted were the dreamscapes, juxtaposing and deforming objects into beguiling works reminiscent of still life paintings.
An artist obsessed with the subconscious mind, Dali was known to induce hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as "paranoiac critical." What resulted were the dreamscapes, juxtaposing and deforming objects into beguiling works reminiscent of still life paintings.
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Dali's doodles feature a number of horses, rearing and anatomically correct. They mark a divergence from the way the artist pictures them in many of his works: with elongated limbs in "<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dalipaintings.net%2Fimages%2Fpaintings%2Fthe-temptation-of-saint-anthony.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank">The Temptation of Saint Anthony</a>" and "<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jdsmithfineart.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FDali_Etching_Quixote_CU01.jpg.w560h732.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank">Don Quixote</a>", and muscular and melting in "<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikiart.org%2Fen%2Fsalvador-dali%2Fparanoiac-woman-horse-invisible-sleeping-woman-lion-horse%3Futm_source%3Dreturned%26utm_medium%3Dreferral%26utm_campaign%3Dreferral" target="_blank" target="_blank">Paranoiac Woman-Horse</a>".
Dali's doodles feature a number of horses, rearing and anatomically correct. They mark a divergence from the way the artist pictures them in many of his works: with elongated limbs in "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" and "Don Quixote", and muscular and melting in "Paranoiac Woman-Horse".
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Other objects from the heyday of Surrealism and Dadaism are on sale in the two day event at Sotheby's Paris. Among them are first editions owned by influential Surrealist Paul Eluard, including "Petite Anthologie poétique du Surréalisme" (1934) with an original etching by Pablo Picasso and autographs by Breton, Ernst, Char, Dalí, Eluard, Magritte, Delvaux, Miró, Soupault.
Other objects from the heyday of Surrealism and Dadaism are on sale in the two day event at Sotheby's Paris. Among them are first editions owned by influential Surrealist Paul Eluard, including "Petite Anthologie poétique du Surréalisme" (1934) with an original etching by Pablo Picasso and autographs by Breton, Ernst, Char, Dalí, Eluard, Magritte, Delvaux, Miró, Soupault.
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Alberto Giacometti's own first edition copy of "L'Air de l'Eau" (1934) is also up for sale, one of the first five copies on Japon nacre.
Alberto Giacometti's own first edition copy of "L'Air de l'Eau" (1934) is also up for sale, one of the first five copies on Japon nacre.
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Many Ray found fame with his rayographs -- objects placed directly on photosensitive paper and exposed to light. "Champs Délicieux" (1922) is being sold at Sotheby's; an extremely rare album limited to 40 copies with 12 original rayographs.
Many Ray found fame with his rayographs -- objects placed directly on photosensitive paper and exposed to light. "Champs Délicieux" (1922) is being sold at Sotheby's; an extremely rare album limited to 40 copies with 12 original rayographs.
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