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Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

SURREALIST STYLE

In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.

Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.

Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.

Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)

The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.

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Style: Surrealist
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Woman Aflame Salvador Dali 1980
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Salvador Dali Femme En FLamme Woman Aflame Artist signed in the mold, edition 141/350 Edition of 350 + 35AP stamped 'Venturi Arte' and Camblest 1981 Edi...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Rare 1966 Original Bronze Sculpture "The Two Nikes" edition of 6 Salvador Dali
Located in Surfside, FL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) – The Two Nikes, Lilith, The Double Victory of Samothrace, Homage to Raymond Roussel Literature: Descharnes, Robert, Salvador Dalí, and Nicolas Descharnes. "Dalí, the hard and the soft: spells for the magic of form : sculptures & objects." (Azay-le-Rideau: Eccart, 2004), p, 114 (entry 270). Rare original bronze from edition of 6. This is exceedingly rare as most of his editions run into the hundreds. this is a true authentic Dali original sculpture. This was recently authenticated and comes accompanied by a Report of Authenticity from Frank Hunter, the Director of the Salvador Dalí Archives. Löpsinger 270 Executed in 1966, this bronze statue is incised with the artist’s signature and numbered ‘5/6’ on base. Published by Berrocal Foundry, the work measures 7 3/8 inches in height. Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) A leading proponent of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí is perhaps as well-known for his flamboyant personality as his superb technical skill. Dalí became acquainted with André Breton, a key figure of the Surrealist movement, in 1929. “The Persistence of Memory” is often cited as the most important work of this style. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, held a retrospective of the artist’s work in 1941. The next year, he began a more classical series of paintings, incorporating history, science and religion. In addition to painting, Dalí also made prints, photographs, films, jewelry and sculpture. His works can be found in collections worldwide, including the National Gallery, Washington, DC and the Salvador Dalí Museum. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous - the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Winged Brain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Winged Brain, 1985, bronze, 5.5 x 7.75 x 4.5 in. (14 x 19.7 x 11.5 cm.), edition of 50 with one AP, signed and numbered.
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

L'Oiseau
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"L'Oiseau" is a sculpture by Surrealist Joan Miró. The bronze sculpture is signed verso, "Miro" and inscribed 'N.3', and with foundry stamp 'Clementi cire perdue (Paris). André Bret...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Surreal Figurative Sculpture, "Lovers"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original bronze surrealist figurative sculpture by San Diego artist, Debbie Korbel. Its dimensions are 41" x 42" x 34". A certifi...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Beautiful and elegant blue painted bronze sculpture "Clio, Musa della Storia"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Patinated bronze, lost-wax casting. Antonio Nocera - Italian painter and sculptor, born in Caivano (Naples) in 1949. Antonio is currently engaged in the...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Kinetic Bronze Expressionist Sculpture Skier or Surfer Modernist Sporting Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage stylized figural sculpture by J James Akston (1898-1983 Poland/New York/Florida) Crafted of cast bronze with a rich dark brown patina. A sports figure, depicting a snow skiing or water surfing figure in a Mid Century Modern Brutalist style. Segmented torso with movable parts. Mounted to a variegated green marble base. Signed with artist signature on edge of ski or surf board. Bronze statue measures 13" x 10 1/2" Overall height with marble base 19 inches. (it is either a surfboard or a snowboard) Joseph James Akston was a Polish American sculptor, painter, known for surrealist abstract painting and Aubusson (for Les Ateliers Pinton Frères, tapisserie d'aubusson) tapestry artist. Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1898 he died in Palm Beach Florida in 1983. During the 1960s and '70s the entrepreneur-artist James Joseph Akston adopted a unique Surreal Expressionist style in order to present his private primordial universe and lampoon its denizens, a ribald cast of animal creatures with human foibles. A successful industrialist, he began his career with General Motors foreign operations and then started his own business. Intermittently he studied painting, first with Jerry Farnsworth...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Large Salvador Dali Surrealist Bronze Portrait Sculpture Mexican Master Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Aguilar y Linares, Mexican Sculptor (1945-2010) Sculpture chose him. In his hands and his soul he always had the necessary impulse to create wi...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Teutonia, Bronze Sculpture, by Stefan Vladescu 1992
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stefan Vladescu, Romanian (1952 - ) Title: Teutonia Year: 1992 Medium: Bronze Sculpture on marble base, signed and dated Size: 18.5 x 10 x 9 inches Base 2 x 11 x 10 inches
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Gianmario Italy 1987 Polychrome Cast Bronze Proof of Author
Located in Brescia, IT
Paolo Cassarà, this Italian artist, usually utilized painted terracotta in real human dimensions for his Surrealist artworks. It was exceptional the use...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Don Quixote Bas Relief in Original Velvet Box
Located in Missouri, MO
"Don Quixote" 1979 Bronze (encased in original velvet box) Signed Lower right Numbered Lower Left 157/215 Size of Relief: 27" x 18.5" Size of Velvet box: 29.5" x 21" x 3.25" Provenance: Martin Lawrence Galleries Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born May 11, 1904 in the small Spanish town of Figueras in the province of Catalunya. The name 'Salvador' had been given to an older brother who died in infancy. When Dali was born the name was passed on to him. No one could have known just how revolutionary and important this name would become to the art world. Growing up, Dali was a difficult child and refused to conform to family or community customs. Dali's father, a respected notary, his mother and younger sister all encouraged Dali's early interest in art. In fact, a room in the family home was the young artist's first studio. Early on, Dali's talent was already refined beyond his years, and with each year his talent only grew, as did his interests. After receiving private art lessons in Figueras for some time, Dali enrolled at the Escuela de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid in 1921. There he joined an avant-garde circle of students that included film-maker Luis Bunuel and poet-dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca. Although Dali excelled in his academic pursuits, he never took final examinations, deeming that he had no need for the type of education offered by formal schooling. He was expelled and reinstated, yet it mattered little to him. Salvador Dali's passion for the arts and his need to experience life on his own terms could not be met within the confines of school. He left. This did not sit well with Dali's father however, and Salvador was subsequently disowned. With no true home left to him, Dali moved into a fisherman's shack in the small village of Port Lligat, two miles from Cadaques and not far from the French border. Port Lligat would become the site of Dali's future mansion home where he would spend many years of his life. It was at this time that Dali came under the influence of two forces that shaped his philosophy and his art. The first was Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious, introduced to Dali in Freud's book The Interpretation of Dreams. The second was his association with the French surrealists, a group of artists and writers led by the French poet Andre Breton. When Dali visited Paris for the first time, he was introduced to the leading surrealists in the movement, but because of his lack of interest in politics, he was eventually shunned by this group. It was also around this time that Dali met the woman who was to become one the most important people in his life... his wife and soul mate, Gala. Gala was a Russian girl...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bust of John F. Kennedy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This iconoclastic sculpture links two of the twentieth century’s most renowned figures: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Salvador Dalí. Cast in wax and decorated with paperclip...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Centaur, Outdoor Sculpture by Ernst Neizvestny
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ernst Neizvestny, Russian (1926 - 2016) Title: Centaur Year: 1973-89 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and numbering inscribed Edition: 7 Size: 84 x 65 x 36 in. (213.36 x 1...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Shadow: After the Egyptian
By David Cregeen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Cregeen, British (1945 - ) Title: Shadow: After the Egyptian Year: circa 1985 Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina, signature inscribed Edition: 5 Size: 48.5 x 13.5 x ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

The Michelin Slave
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: The Michelin Slave Year: 1967 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 5/6 Size: 12 in x 6 in d. (...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Swan-Elephant
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Swan-Elephant Year: 1967 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed Edition: 5/6 Size: 4.5 in. x 8 in. x 5.5 i...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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The soft pocket watch is the most recognizable Dalinian image and the artist chose to portray it consistently throughout his lifetime. Dalí became obsessed with the concept of time and used the this image in many of his works. Dalí brings to this sculpture a dynamism, where the watch appears to be literally “dancing”. Unrestrained by the rigid laws of a watch, time, for Dalí, moves to the rhythm of a perpetual dance, speeding up, slowly down, stretching out, liquefying. The watch illustrates an important theme in Dalí’s art;the contrast between the hard and the soft, a central preoccupation of the artist. Dalí flips reality, taking the familiar image of a watch which is hard, solid and precise and inverts its characteristics. It is now the opposite, becoming soft, inaccurate, time bends to individual meanings. Again in this sculpture, the unexpected softness of the watch contrasts with the hardened sturdy tree trunk upon which the clock rests. Some say that Dalí represents in his watches Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of space and time; the dancing watch illustrating the concept of movement through time. Date: conceived in 1979 and first cast in 1984 Technique: lost wax process Edition size: 350 + 35 EA (artist proof) Patina: green Maquette: original gouache, ʺDance of Timeʺ, 1979 Foundry: Perseo Descharnes References: Dalí: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. pg. 248 ref. 638 Authenticity: Artist signed in the mold, Foundry Certificate and Editor/Dealer Certificate* *Both Mr. A. Reynolds Morse, President and Founder of the Salvador Museum in Florida (now deceased), and Mr. Robert Descharnes (now deceased), world renowned Dalí expert and author of the only catalogue raisonée of Salvador Dalí sculpture, have officially written their comments exclusively for use on the certificate. BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST Salvador Dali was born in May, 1904 in the small agricultural town of Figueres, Spain. The son of a prosperous notary. The young Dali attended the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Early recognition of Dali’s talent came with his first one-man show in Barcelona in 1925. Dali held his first one-man show in Paris in 1926 where he also joined the surrealists, led by former Dadaist Andre Breton. Dali soon became a leader of the Surrealist Movement. His painting, The Persistance of Memory...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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