About the artwork
This small bronze sculpture entitled "Cavalier et dragon" illustrates Salvador Dalí's abundant, mythological imagination. On a discreet base, a rider fights a fantastic creature - a dragon, emblematic of power and chaos, but also of occult wisdom. The whole is treated with a gestural energy that evokes movement, struggle and transcendence.
Despite its small dimensions (19 x 19 cm), the piece exudes a typically Dalinian dramatic intensity. The bronze has a dark, glossy patina, enhancing the reliefs and expressive details characteristic of Dalí's sculptural work of the 1970s.
Issued in a limited edition of 250, this work condenses the artist's obsessions with myth, metamorphosis and hallucinatory heroism into an intimate format.
Expert opinion
Bordering on the medieval tale and surrealist psychoanalysis, this miniature work is a concentrate of Dalinian thought. The choice of bronze, noble and durable, gives the scene a relic-like dimension, like a vestige of an ancient dream. An ideal piece for anyone looking to own a Dalí sculpture-signature, combining baroque imagination and profound symbolism.
About the artist
Born in Figueras, Spain, in 1904 and died in 1989, Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter, sculptor and screenwriter. He lived and worked mainly in Spain, but also spent time in Paris. In 1921, he entered the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid, but was expelled before graduating. Dalí is an emblematic figure of Surrealism and an eccentric artist who left his mark on twentieth-century art history. He is famous for his dreamlike images, boundless imagination and hyper-realist technique. His works combine symbolism, optical illusion and classical influences. Dali took part in the first Surrealist exhibition in Paris in 1929, and in 1936 exhibited at the International Surrealist Exhibition in London. He organized several exhibitions in the United States in the 1940s, where he became very popular. His work is regularly exhibited at the Dalí Museum in Figueras, inaugurated in 1974 and designed by himself.
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