ILLUSTRATED:
Dali D’or de Salvador Dali , Senans Ag, Bern, 1985, color illustrated, pp. 36-37
Salvador Dali , Michele Broutta, Paris, 1985, color illustrated, plate no. 253

This work is to be sold with the certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

DALI FLEUR (DALI FLOWER)
SALVADOR DALI

The master of Surrealism, Salvador Dali is one of the three of the great masters of Spanish art in the twentieth century. Dali with his exceptional creativity and imaginations, his works are often amazing and surprising. Dali is incredibly skilled in multitude of disciplines, including being a sculptor, painter, photographer, film maker and jeweler. Salvador’s most famous works are undoubtedly including the twisted/melting clocks, fantasized dreamlike settings, and lobster telephone, so bizarre yet, these creations inspired feelings of awe for viewers, as Dali has contributed new ways of looking at art.

Dali was interested in Sigmun Freud’s writing on psychology, especially regarding Freud’s theory on subconscious minds, where subconscious is the part of the psyche that thinks and feels without the person being aware of those thoughts and feelings. Ther e might be occurrences of broken memories, or irrational scenes, such as that appeared in dreams, although one may not be aware of these dreams, the brain is actively working. Being a Surrealist, Dali is actively seeking ways to excel his rational minds, therefore, Dali developed a “paranoiac critical method,” in which he self-induced hallucinations and train his brain to link ideas irrationally. As a result, Dali could access to greater possibilities and was amazed to see the results upon his creations.

In order to decode Dali’s works, one must know the hidden message associated with these symbols, for example, drawers symbolize the memory and the unconscious, Dali called them “Drawers of ideas”; butterflies represent transmutation and freedom, as irrelevant as these symbols might see, they complete the work of Dali as that of a puzzle to be solved piece by piece. Similarly, from the making of Dali’s gold coins, to the made-up king and queen and the exquisite craftsmanship of the casting, one cannot help but wonder about its legitimacy. The coins are casted under strict limitation of 300, with each coin engraved with unique number on one side. There are total of four dimensions and currencies, which are 5 cents, 1 dollar, 2 dollars, and 5 dollars, with one side of the coin engraved with signature upwards mustache of Dali, and his muse, wife Gala. An egg engraved on the opposite side, indicating uncertainty of the future and fertility.

It is extremely rare to be able to present two of Dali’s works out of the 12 from Dali’s gold coins series, which are “Dali Fleur” and Dali Fume. In the present lot, the base of Dali Fleur is made with crystal as the flower pot, with the golden stem growing form the base to the top into a blossoming golden flower. It is a glowing splendid flower with a representation of prosperity and enchantment, it is definitely a fine piece of work to be included in the collection.