| Profile du Temps
Dali's most famous and persistent image, the 'soft watch', was first seen in his 1931 painting The Persistence of Memory. One of the soft watches hangs limply from the branch of a dead tree; this particular image has been used for Profile du Temps. Made from bronze, the Profile du Temps was cast and conceived in 1984. A green and brown patina has been applied to parts of the bronze to afford it the illusion of age and solidity as a contrast to the 'soft' appearance of the watch. The patina also gives the metal of the tree more of an appearance of wood... Source & More on the Bronze: Essential Dali
Salvador Dali (Salvador Domčnec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domčnech) is considered as the greatest artist of the surrealist art movement and one of the greatest masters of art of the twentieth century. During his lifetime the public got a picture of an eccentric paranoid. His personality caused a lot of controversy. After his death in 1989 his name remained in the headlines. But this time it was not funny at all. The art market was shaken by reports of great numbers of fraudulent Dali prints. What's all behind it?...more.
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. Clear, concise, great repros of the key works, it's a joy because it is written in an understandable way. By that I mean you actually learn about how the works came into being and not a critic's pretentious examination of a work which just gives his or her's subjective viewpoint. I learnt more from this book on Dali's work than any other book I have found.
