Salvador Dali
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Profile of Time (Blue Patina) , 1977
Bronze
- 20.0 " x 13.8 " x 13.8 "
- Echoing DalÃ's 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory, in which the famous melted watch appears for the first time, this sculpture is an ingenious creation - full of symbolism and hidden meanings. Dalà became obsessed with the flow of time and portrays the clock as soft, a type of symbolism he reserved for those objects he loathed. "The mechanical object was to become my worst enemy, and as for watches, they would have to be soft, or not be at all!" The soft watch liquefies lamentably over the tree forming a double image. Tilting ones head to the left a hidden image appears; the clock face changes into the artist's profile, and eye, a pointed nose, and the 9 suggested of DalÃ's moustache. Dalà enjoyed surprising people and encouraged them to participate in his art.
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$44,000
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