Salvador Dalí­

Salvador Dali - Fecundity - Bas Relief Silver Sculpture, 1977

1977

Salvador Dalí­ Homage to Newton Size: 35 x 16 x 11 cm Edition 197/350 patina brown Date conceived: 1980 First cast: 1980 Date cast: 2010 Material: br...

Salvador Dali "Nobility of Time" from "The Sculpture Collection" Conceived in 1977, first cast in 1984 Bronze and green patina Edition: 194/350 Inscribed "Dali" Dimensions: 60 x 38...

Damien Hirst Work from the Limited Edition Book "The Souls", 2011 Three color foil block print Image: 23.5 x 14 cm Frame: 50 x 39.5 x 3.5 cm Ed. 31/100 Signed and numbered in white ...

Pablo Picasso Visage (A. R. 611), 1969 Numbered 293/500 and incised Edition Picasso and Madoura, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps Partially glazed and painted in colours...

This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums. 1. Georg Schweigger Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models. 2. The success of a naturalistic theme As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century. This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes. This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...

A sterling silver Besamim (spice) container, In the shape of Harp with Hebrew letters "בשמים". In silver and gold colors, very nice and decorative, Mono...

The artists selected their medium, Metalamirror™, for this work, a self portrait, exposing their inner fears and desires. Look deeply and viewers find more than what meets one's eye....

Eyes are windows to sentient beings' souls. This work is inspired by animals, humans and ecosystems living together in harmony where a symbiotic relationship exists. The souls seen a...