Salvador Dali
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Alice in Wonderland , 1977
Bronze
- 35.5 " x 15.8 " x 7.8 "
- In 1968 Dalà was commissioned to illustrate an edition of the Alice in Wonderland book. Dalà chose to represent Alice as a girl with a skipping rope, an image which first appeared in his oeuvre in the 1930âs and was used in numerous oil paintings such as Morphological Echo (c.1935). For DalÃ, Alice is the eternal girl-child who responds to the confusion of this nonsense world with the naivety and innocence of childhood. Here, Dalà created Aliceâs silhouette holding a skipping rope frozen in motion above her head, her hands and hair blossoming into roses, symbolizing feminine beauty and eternal youth. The crutch symbolizes stability, it gives her emotional support, acting as a link back to reality.
DETAILS
Year :devised in 1977, first cast in 1984
Height: 90.5 cm
Material: bronze
Technique: lost-wax
Edition Size: 350+35 EA
Patina: blue
Maquette: original gouache âAlice in Wonderlandâ 1977
References Descharnes: DalÃ: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 243 ref. 624
Alice is one of DalÃ's favorite images. She is the eternal girl-child who responds to the confusion of the world behind the looking glass with the irrefutable naivety of childhood. After all her meetings with the inhabitants of this fantastic world, she returns to reality not only unharmed but unchanged by her surrealistic experience. Looking at DalÃ's sculpture we see that Alice's jump rope has become a twisted cord symbolizing everyday life. Her hands and hair have blossomed into roses symbolizing feminine beauty and eternal youth. The Grecian drapes of her dress symbolize antiquity and the beauty that is respected throughout the ages.
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$37,500
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