SALVADOR DALÍ, (1904-1989)
Dios solar emergiendo de Okinawa
Dios solar emergiendo de Okinawa
signed, numbered and stamped with the Diejasa foundry mark 'Dalí, ¼, d' (to the reverse of the headdress)
bronze with a golden brown and black brown patina on a wooden base
46 x 123cm (18 1/8 x 48 7/16in); 58 x 135cm (22 13/16 x 53 1/8in) (including the base).
Conceived in 1975, this version cast by the Diejasa Foundry in a numbered edition of 4.
The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Monsieur Robert Descharnes.
Provenance
Private collection, Europe; their sale, Bonhams, London, 11 December 2008, lot 56.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. & N. Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Paris, 2003, no. 419 (another cast illustrated p. 166).
Robert Descharnes, in his book The Hard and the Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, describes Dalí's process of creating the group of sculptures from which the present work issues: 'As a friend of the couple I could stay at Dalí's side chatting non-stop while his hands created the pieces of the collection. For this work as a sculptor, Dalí adopted a ritual: a precise hour of the day outside his atelier, if possible, under the sun. And so, each afternoon, past midday, Dalí put down his brush and left the atelier for the swimming pool. There comfortably installed in the depression of an enormous bean bag, Dalí shaped and modelled until it was time to join Gala for a lunch of grilled fish' (R. & N. Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Paris, 2003, p. 159).
The present work is one component of a series of 44 works cast by the Diejasa Foundry over a ten-year period in the 1970s-1980s. Known as the Clot Collection, after Isidro Clot who ran the foundry with his son-in-law Adrian Campos, the 4 editions of the series are the only authorised life-time casts by Salvador Dalí.
Moulded with sun-softened wax by the poolside of Dali's North-Eastern Spanish retreat in Port Lligat, Dios solar emergiendo de Okinawa was created by the artist for the International Fair of the Sea in Japan. It is a monument and homage to the great sacrifice and loss of life of both sides seen during the vicious fighting on the island of Okinawa during the Second World War. The figure emerges from the water with great energy and, like the rising sun, it is a symbol of hope and represents a new dawn for man.
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Dios solar emergiendo de Okinawa
Dios solar emergiendo de Okinawa
signed, numbered and stamped with the Diejasa foundry mark 'Dalí, ¼, d' (to the reverse of the headdress)
bronze with a golden brown and black brown patina on a wooden base
46 x 123cm (18 1/8 x 48 7/16in); 58 x 135cm (22 13/16 x 53 1/8in) (including the base).
Conceived in 1975, this version cast by the Diejasa Foundry in a numbered edition of 4.
The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Monsieur Robert Descharnes.
Provenance
Private collection, Europe; their sale, Bonhams, London, 11 December 2008, lot 56.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. & N. Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Paris, 2003, no. 419 (another cast illustrated p. 166).
Robert Descharnes, in his book The Hard and the Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, describes Dalí's process of creating the group of sculptures from which the present work issues: 'As a friend of the couple I could stay at Dalí's side chatting non-stop while his hands created the pieces of the collection. For this work as a sculptor, Dalí adopted a ritual: a precise hour of the day outside his atelier, if possible, under the sun. And so, each afternoon, past midday, Dalí put down his brush and left the atelier for the swimming pool. There comfortably installed in the depression of an enormous bean bag, Dalí shaped and modelled until it was time to join Gala for a lunch of grilled fish' (R. & N. Descharnes, Dalí, The Hard and The Soft, Spells for the Magic of Form, Sculptures & Objects, Paris, 2003, p. 159).
The present work is one component of a series of 44 works cast by the Diejasa Foundry over a ten-year period in the 1970s-1980s. Known as the Clot Collection, after Isidro Clot who ran the foundry with his son-in-law Adrian Campos, the 4 editions of the series are the only authorised life-time casts by Salvador Dalí.
Moulded with sun-softened wax by the poolside of Dali's North-Eastern Spanish retreat in Port Lligat, Dios solar emergiendo de Okinawa was created by the artist for the International Fair of the Sea in Japan. It is a monument and homage to the great sacrifice and loss of life of both sides seen during the vicious fighting on the island of Okinawa during the Second World War. The figure emerges from the water with great energy and, like the rising sun, it is a symbol of hope and represents a new dawn for man.
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