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SALVADORDALI (1904-1989) THE SUBLIME MOMENT/LARGE ASHTRAY |
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back to bio Title: THE SUBLIME MOMENT/LARGE ASHTRAY Medium: Bronze Dimensions: 37.5 x 37.5 x 35 cm Year: 1971 Edition size: 8 cast in 2006-2007 On the right side of the ashtray: Salvador Dali’s signature and numbering 1/8 to 8/8 & EA IV/IV. On the platform of the sculpture: stamp from La Fonderie Fusions. This Sublime Moment/Large ashtray was taken from a Salvador Dali painting by the same name. A black and white photograph was taken, that Dali reworked, eliminating the contour of the ashtray using « Tippex » and drawing patterns over it that are not found in the painting. Then a model was made by Dali and his moulder, Michel Lorenzi; this model was remitted to Mr. Leinekugel to whom Dali sold the rights to this sculpture, in a contract concluded in 1971. No original or multiple casting was done during Dali’s lifetime. 400 multiple sculptures (in masscoloured resin, Gillette blade, snail shell) were made measuring 29 x 1 x 29. Michel Lorenzi moulded the multiple cast to be identical to the first model. |
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