Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish Title: Rhinoceros Dressed in Lace (1981) Signature: signed and numbered 238/499 Medium: bronze - number 238 from an edition of 499 Size: 23 x 32½ x 19cm (9.1 x 12.8 x 7.5in) Framed Size: 0 x 0cm (0 x 0in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} A superstar in his lifetime, Salvador Dali did not have to wait for posthumous fame, being recognised as the definitive surrealist for a number of iconic works. His interest in the rhinoceros stemmed from Durer's celebrated etching of the animal. Dali claimed a connection between the growth pattern ... Read more A superstar in his lifetime, Salvador Dali did not have to wait for posthumous fame, being recognised as the definitive surrealist for a number of iconic works. His interest in the rhinoceros stemmed from Durer's celebrated etching of the animal. Dali claimed a connection between the growth pattern of the rhinoceros's horn, the pattern sewn in Vermeer's The Lacemaker and the growth pattern of the sunflower. All of these speculative connections come into play in his sculpture of rhinoceros dressed in lace.
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish Title: Rhinoceros Dressed in Lace (1981) Signature: signed and numbered 238/499 Medium: bronze - number 238 from an edition of 499 Size: 23 x 32½ x 19cm (9.1 x 12.8 x 7.5in) Framed Size: 0 x 0cm (0 x 0in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} A superstar in his lifetime, Salvador Dali did not have to wait for posthumous fame, being recognised as the definitive surrealist for a number of iconic works. His interest in the rhinoceros stemmed from Durer's celebrated etching of the animal. Dali claimed a connection between the growth pattern ... Read more A superstar in his lifetime, Salvador Dali did not have to wait for posthumous fame, being recognised as the definitive surrealist for a number of iconic works. His interest in the rhinoceros stemmed from Durer's celebrated etching of the animal. Dali claimed a connection between the growth pattern of the rhinoceros's horn, the pattern sewn in Vermeer's The Lacemaker and the growth pattern of the sunflower. All of these speculative connections come into play in his sculpture of rhinoceros dressed in lace.
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