Salvador Dali Spanish, 1904-1989
Birdman, 1981
Bronze lost wax process
10.6" x 2.7" x 2.7"
350+35EA
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Patina: Blue/Gold Dalí combines two incongruous parts substituting the head of a human figure with the head of a heron, making the human half-bird and the bird half-human. One cannot...
Patina: Blue/Gold
Dalí combines two incongruous parts substituting the head of a human figure with the head of a heron, making the human half-bird and the bird half-human. One cannot distinguish which of the two is dominant. Man is not always that which is appears, Dalí wants to leave us in doubt, it is his game.
R. & N. Descharnes Salvador Dali Sculptures & Objects. Eccart. Ref. 291, page 119.
Dalí combines two incongruous parts substituting the head of a human figure with the head of a heron, making the human half-bird and the bird half-human. One cannot distinguish which of the two is dominant. Man is not always that which is appears, Dalí wants to leave us in doubt, it is his game.
R. & N. Descharnes Salvador Dali Sculptures & Objects. Eccart. Ref. 291, page 119.