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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
Gent of Leicester Double Sided Illuminated British Rail Station Clock
By Gents of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
1960S DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUMINATED RAILWAY STATION CLOCK
A stunning double-sided illuminated railway
Category
Vintage 1950s British Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Reclaimed Double Sided Square Wall Mounted Clock By Gents Of Leicester
By Gents of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
DOUBLE SIDED SQUARE WALL CLOCK BY GENTS OF LEICESTER
A rare form and size clock by British clock
Category
Vintage 1940s British Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Daum France, Table Clock "Topography", 1970s
By Daum
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful "Topography" Daum crystal table clock. French design from the 1970s.
In very good
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Crystal
Daum France, Anemone Table Clock, France 1970s
By Daum
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb Anemone clock in Daum crystal from the 1970s. Signed Daum France.
Very good condition. Clock
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Crystal
Salvador Dalí Atomo 1973 (Salvador Dalí prints Salvador Dalí Colibri)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Salvador Dalí Atomo 1973 (from Colibri):
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper.
33 x 22.25 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
