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What do melting clocks symbolize in Dalí art?
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The melting clocks featured in Salvadore Dalí’s “The Persistence of Memory” symbolize the fluidity of time. He used hyperrealism to convey surrealist concepts in many of his works and is one of the icons of the Surrealist movement. Browse a selection of Surrealist art on 1stDibs.
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Homage to Salvador Dali Clocks
By Steve Kaufman
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 50
This work is registered in the Steve Kaufman (SAK) Catalogue Raisonné.
Category
20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Price Upon Request
Brutalist Table Clock in bronze by David Marshal, Spain 1970s
By David Marshall
Located in Beograd, RS
work of Salvador Dali and this particular clock is done in cast bronze and inspired by Dali's famous
Category
Vintage 1970s Spanish Brutalist Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture "Melting Clock" Salvador Dalí
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Melting Clock is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, representing a distorted, fluid
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Time American Clock
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Time American Clock
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Swiss clock vanity
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Grenoble, FR
Vanity made of lead and old clockwork elements in homage to Dali and his melted clock
Category
Early 2000s Swiss Brutalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Lead
$1,485
TEAR OF TIME (Melting Clock)Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Union City, NJ
verified and authenticated by Dali Archivist, Albert Field. TEAR OF TIME (Melting Clock) is in pristine
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
