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Swan-Elephant

Creator: Salvador Dalí
Offered by: RoGallery

Description
Edition: 5/6

"In 1967, thanks to one of our Swiss publishers I presented the director of Air India, whose European base was in Geneva, to Dali. Dali wanted to offer the airline a "Swan-Elephant" in exchange for a living elephant in order to celebrate the passage Hannibal's elephant, Tsurus, through the Pyrenees. After seeing the mode of the Swan-Elephant, Dali was hell bent to photograph it on a pure white plate filled with milk. It was sort of ritual of purity and the swan of Leda.. The theme of the Swan-Elephant was already present in the ballet Bacchanale in 1939." - Robert Descharnes

More Information

Origin:	Spain
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1967
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, Surrealism
Book References:	Figure 288 in "Dali Sculptures & Objects: The Hard and the Soft" by Descharnes, page 118
Incollect Reference #:	175242

Dimensions

W.	8 in;	H.	4.5 in;	D.	5.5 in;
W.	20.32 cm;	H.	11.43 cm;	D.	13.97 cm;

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