Authenticated Salvador Dali: Nude Ascending The Staircase: Rare Artist ' S Proof
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Salvador Dali (1973) Bronze Sculpture. Titled and signed engraved plate on base, Nude Ascending the Staircase (Homage to Marcel Duchamp). Excellent investment with certificate of authenticity of a true Dali. This piece is particularly rare, as it is an Artist's Proof of which only 49 were made.
&nb...sp;Bronze Sculpture and white marble base. The lost wax cast of the "Nude Ascending the Staircase" is placed on a Onyx base, marked "A.P." (Edition for the artist). It is from a limited edition: 44 of 49 made.
There are many sculptures sold on the market said to be made by Dali, but few are by authorized dealers. 2049 Obra Contemporanea is one of them. It is also listed in one of the best reference books on Dali as it is written by Dalí experts Nicolas Descharnes and his father, Robert (a Dalí confidant, scholar, and business manager from 1985 through 2004) =
This piece was published in 1973, it is 46 years old. When Dali was no longer able to paint he turned his attention to creating sculpture using the lost wax method. (See attached photo of him sculpting the original of this piece.)
The sculpture is also listed with the Dali Gallery in California. The piece is authenticated. Dali's signature is found imprinted by the foundry on the leg of the sculpture. (See photo) I will purchase and deliver an authentication certificate for you by the Dali Gallery,
The publisher according to the Descharnes catalogue raisonee, is Obra Contemporanea. This is a genuine multiple edition of one of Dali's most famous sculptures. … Climbing up the spirals in a marine shell, symbol of universal life and eternity.
The concept behind this piece is found in Nu Descendant un escalier, numéro 2, a pre-Dadaist piece presented by Marcel Duchamp in the Dalmau Gallery inBarcelona in 1912 at the “First Cubist exhibition” held in Spain. Nothing could please Dali more, than to pay tribute to his friend Marcel Duchamp by creatingthe ironic opposite to the famous divisionist painting; hence this beautifulrealistic body – which reminds us in the form of Gala, climbing up the spiralsin a marine shell, symbol of universal life and eternity. All together, thepiece exudes reflection and erotism.
Technical Description: Original title: “Mujer desnuda subiendo la escalera” (aka “Homenaje a Marcel Duchamp”) Created by Salvador Dali in 1974 Original media: modelled wax Original size:26cm (10.2 in) Port Lligat Collection of Salvador Dali Sculptures ObraContemporanea Editor It is featured in the ROBERT & NICOLAS DESCHARNES"Sculptures & Objects DALI' book, pages 162-163. TEXT THAT FOLLOWS ISFROM THIS BOOK, page 162. "412 Nude Ascending the Staircase, Homage to Marcel Duchamp, 1973
" Multiple edition in 55 x 32, 5 cm. Other multiple editions of 15, 5 cm and 25 cm 2049 Obra Contemporanea, Editor. "This bronze is Dali's ironica answer to the celebrated painting Nude Descending a Staircase, painted in 1911 by the master of the Dada movement and father of surrealism, Marcel Duchamp. In1912, Duchamp exhibited Nude Descending a Staircase, Numero 2 at the Dalmaugallery in Barcelona. Perhaps Dali saw it there, or maybe he read what the critics had to say about it in the papers. Dali could not have been more pleased to render homage to his friend - and greatly amused himself by creatingthe realistic body of this woman ascending with large steps the spirals of a shell! "
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