Salvador Dalí

Spanish, 1904–1989

Surrealist Angel (Prestige-scale), 1983

surrealist angel (prestige-scale) by salvador dalí

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Medium: Sculpture, Bronze edition of 450
Size: 73 x 38 cm. (28.7 x 15 in.)
Markings: Signed and numbered in cast.

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Robin Rile Fine Art

Miami

About this Artwork

Edition: Edition of 450
Movement: Contemporary Art
Catalogue Raisonné: Robert Descharnes, “Dali, sculptures et objets – Le dur et le mou”, 2003, ed Eccart, p. 148.
Provenance: Private collection, EU; private collection USA.
Exhibitions: 05/27/2021–08/30/2021 A Surreal Home
03/07/2012–03/11/2012 Dalí Miami
12/02/2010–12/05/2010 Robin Rile Art Exhibit at CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB
Literature: Françoise Lechien,”Dali, Dali ! ou l’éclosion apothéosique d’un sculpteur”, 2004, editions Delta et QuArt, p.56

-Collectif, “Salvador Dali – Sculptures Three collections”, 2003, ed QuArt p. 21

-Robert Descharnes, “Dali, sculptures et objets – Le dur et le mou”, 2003, ed Eccart, p. 148.

-Dali Monumental, catalogue de l’exposition au Musée de Bellas Artes do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1998, p.111

-La collection de Dali de Qu Art , 2007, ed Qu Art p.21

-Salvador Dali à Fabriano, Italie, 2010, Ed InArte, p.9-11

Description

Angels are an important theme throughout Dali's work. We find a great many references to them in his writings. In an entry dated May 1953 in his Diary of a Genius, Dali wrote, "I have drawn from sunrise until the evening six faces of mathematical angels, explosive, and of such great beauty that I remained exhausted and stiff." And on August 1953, "Everything is on the 'outside' with angels, it is impossible to picture them anymore without this 'outside'.- Robert & Nicolas Descharnes, Catalogue Raisonne, "Le Dur et le Mou", 2004

The Surrealist and Cubist Angels are two of the most powerful statements in Dali's sculptural oeuvre. These fraternal twin figures, with their jet-black patinas and smooth androgynous bodies evoke his theories on mathematical symmetry and the asexuality of man versus angel. Dalis use of a variation on the base of the 3rd century Greek Icon "Winged Victory/Nike of Samothrace" (Musée du Louvre) on "Surrealist Angel" provides a glimpse into what he felt his own "Nike" was meant to symbolize, the sounding of the trumpets of Victory.