Salvador Dali, Bronze Sculpture, "La Persistance de la mémoire"

Medium: Bronze
Height: 14.6" (37 cm)
Technique: Lost wax process
Patina: Blue/gold
Edition: 350
Year: Conceived in 1980
First Cast: 1980
References: Descharnes, Dali: The Hard and the Soft, Sculptures & Objects. Eccart, 2004. Pg. 246 ref. 632

Certificate of Authenticity is included.

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Dalí integrated a wide range of recognizable symbols in his works of art, from applying the iconography of the Catholic Church to Sigmund Freud’s dream interpretation. He also created his own vocabulary through symbols that serve as crucial keys to deciphering the essence of Dalí’s artistic oeuvre.

Among these symbols, the melting clock stands out, representing the elusive nature and fluidity of time within the realm of dreams. The "soft" and distorted timepieces depicted prominently in Dalí's renowned painting, "The Persistence of Memory" (1931), also serves as the basis for this sculpture of the same title. It is a poignant visual metaphor for the dissolution of temporal boundaries and the fragility of our perception of time.

The Watches, Dali said “are nothing more than the soft, extravagant, solitary, paranoiac-critical Camembert cheese of space and time... Hard or soft, what difference does it make!”
- Salvador Dalí