
Venus à la girafe
1973
Salvador Dalí's Venus à la girafe (1973) is a painted bronze sculpture that exemplifies the Surrealist master's playful combination of classical form with unexpected imagery. The work merges the traditional subject of Venus with the elongated form of a giraffe, creating a whimsical and provocative hybrid figure.
- Medium
- painted bronze
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
May 18, 2022
Estimate: $80,000 to $120,000
Lot 339
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Jean Arp
French-German · b. 1886

Arp created biomorphic bronze sculptures that merge organic and figural forms in a similarly playful and unexpected way, blending classical sculptural traditions with surrealist sensibilities and whimsical hybrid shapes.

Meret Oppenheim
Swiss · b. 1913

Oppenheim was a core Surrealist sculptor who combined unexpected objects and classical female imagery to create provocative and whimsical hybrids, directly paralleling Dali's fusion of Venus with animal forms.

Niki de Saint Phalle
French · b. 1930

Saint Phalle created vibrant painted sculptural figures that merge animal and human forms with bold color and a joyful yet provocative spirit, closely echoing the painted bronze technique and whimsical figural hybridization of this specific work.
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