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Woman of Time
Bronze, 65.5 cm

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About the artwork

A radiant woman carries a soft watch over her arm, the iconic Dalinian symbol of time, and holds in her hands a rose stem, symbol of beauty and harmony. The elegance and graceful form of the woman’s unusual dress recalls the Liberty Style popular in the early twentieth century. Dalí’s Woman of Time sculpture is a homage to feminine grace and beauty; whilst the soft watch alludes to the women’s awareness that beauty fades with time. Dalí combined the symbolism of female allure and the concept of time in many of his sculptural works, he reveres refinement, elegance, and charm, all of these are depicted here in this exquisite rendering of the feminine figure. As the title suggests, the artist poses the question: does beauty depend on time or is it eternal?

About the artist

Born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain, Salvador Dalí’s eccentric nature and talent for self-promotion made him the most famous representative of the surrealist movement and one of the most widely recognised artists in the world. Identified as an artistic prodigy from a tender age, Dalí attended the drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the Instituto in Figueres, Spain in 1916. In 1922, he enrolled in the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid and received recognition during his first solo show held in Barcelona in 1925. Dalí became internationally known after the third annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928 and grew to immense notoriety and fame. Today, his sculptures and paintings are exhibited in the most prestigious museums in the world and part of many coveted private and public collections.

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