Salvador Dali, Bronze Sculpture, "Profile of Time"

Medium: Bronze
Height: 20" (51 cm)
Technique: Lost wax process
Patina: Blue
Edition: 350
Year: Conceived in 1977
First Cast: 1984
References: Descharnes, Dali: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. Pg. 238 ref. 615

Certificate of Authenticity is included.

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Echoing Dalí’s 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory, in which the famous melted watch appears for the first time, this sculpture is an ingenious creation – full of symbolism and hidden meanings. Dalí became obsessed with the flow of time and portrays the clock as soft, a type of symbolism he reserved for those objects he loathed.

“The mechanical object was to become my worst enemy, and as for watches, 
they would have to be soft, or not be at all!”

The soft watch liquefies lamentably over the tree forming a double image. Tilting ones head to the left a hidden image appears; the clock face changes into the artists profile, an eye, a pointed nose and the 9 suggestive of Dalí’s moustache. Dalí enjoyed surprising people and encouraged them to participate in his art.