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
Period: 1960s
Lady Guidivar - original etching of nude female horse rider by Salvador Dalí
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Lady Guidivar" is a rare, original etching from 1969 by Salvador Dalí. It depicts lady Guidivar riding nude on a horse. Originally signed lower left ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
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Etching
Alma del Quijote - The Soul of Don Quixote
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Alma del Quijote - also know as The Soul of Don Quixote
MEDIUM: Bronze sculpture on a marble base
SIGNED: Engraved signature in the sculpture
EDITIO...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum
Molt Clock : Dance of Time
Original pate de verre sculpture
Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal glassworks
Signed in the glass
approx. 10....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Dali Chess Set
Located in Wilton, CT
Set of 32 polished and patinated-bronze chess pieces, 1966-70. Height varies from 38 mm; 1 1/2 inches to 85mm; 3 3/8 inches. Each piece signed on t...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
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
Materials
Bronze
Rhinoceros - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum 1972
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum
Rhinoceros (Chippendale Rhinocerotype)
Original two-tone yellow and opalescent brown pate de verre
Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal glas...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Reinhoud dHaese Sculpture Mythical Figure Copper & Stone
Located in Detroit, MI
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This work by Reinhoud d'Haese is a magnificent hammered copper figure on a natural stone base. This mythical creature, large and corpulent, invites a caress of it...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Copper
Gold Hand Chair
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Pedro Friedeberg
Gold Hand Chair.
Gold leaf over wood.
Signed inside the base.
Includes certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Available a...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Hand Chairs in black
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Pedro Friedeberg Gold Hand Chair.
Gold leaf over wood.
Signed inside the base.
Includes certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Available as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mini-Zoraida, Puzzle Sculpture by Berrocal 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
A puzzle sculpture by Miguel Berrocal from 1970. This sculpture comes apart in 25 pieces. In original box with booklet
Artist: Miguel Berrocal, Spanish (1933 - 2006)
Title: Mini-Zor...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Dali - De Draeger - Portfolio Luxury edition - 1968
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dali -De Draeger, Portfolio by Max Gérard
Luxury edition inside special packaged box bearing a cover with “soft melting pocket watch” and bronze medal of “L'Unicorne Dyonisiaque” minted and numbered by Monnaie de Paris...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Butterfly Chair
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Pedro Friedeberg Butterfly Chair.
Gold leaf, Ink and acrylic over wood.
Signed by the artist.
Includes certificate of authenticity.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum
Molt Clock : Dance of Time
Original pate de verre sculpture
Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal glassworks
Signed in the glass
approx. 10....
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
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Glass
Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum
Molt Clock : Dance of Time
Original pate de verre sculpture
Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal gla...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
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
Materials
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
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Glass
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Hand from Biblia Sacre
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Page marker in the shape of a hand that was issued with the Biblia Sacre by Salvador Dali in 1969.
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