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Salvador Dali — Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
Salvador Dali — Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
Salvador Dali — Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
Salvador Dali — Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
Salvador Dali — Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
Salvador Dali

Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone

This striking lithograph represents a quintessential moment in Salvador Dali's late career exploration of technological surrealism and the marriage of organic and mechanical forms. The composition depicts the artist's famous lobster telephone, a sculptural object that Dali conceived in 1936 as a symbol of the absurd and irrational within the modern world, rendered here alongside imaginative futuristic devices within an elaborate dreamscape. The work emerges from Dali's ambitious "Imaginations and Objects of the Future" portfolio, created in 1975, which sought to visualize his visions of forthcoming technological innovations and cybernetic possibilities. Executed as a lithograph on delicate Japan paper, the print demonstrates the artist's masterful command of the medium, with meticulous detail and vibrant tonality that brings his fantastical vision to life. This edition, numbered LX/LXXV, represents one of only seventy-five impressions and bears Dali's signature, affirming its authenticity and value as a significant work from the artist's prolific later period. The framed presentation measures forty inches by thirty-seven inches, offering substantial presence while the intimate image size of twenty-eight by twenty-one and one-half inches showcases the jewel-like quality of Dali's draftsmanship. Collectors are drawn to this piece for its synthesis of Dali's surrealist vocabulary with his growing fascination with science and the future, creating a captivating window into the artist's enduring creative preoccupations during an era of rapid technological change.

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Salvador Dali, Cybernetic Lobster Telephone, 1975 Imaginations and Objects of the Future Portfolio, (Field 75-11I), 1975, Signed, Lithograph on Japon paper, Edition LX/LXXV, 40" x 37" Framed Size, 30 3/4" x 27" Sheet Size, 28" x 21 1/2" Image Size

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Salvador Dali, Imaginations and Objects of the Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone

This striking lithograph represents a quintessential moment in Salvador Dali's late career exploration of technological surrealism and the marriage of organic and mechanical forms. The composition depicts the artist's famous lobster telephone, a sculptural object that Dali conceived in 1936 as a symbol of the absurd and irrational within the modern world, rendered here alongside imaginative futuristic devices within an elaborate dreamscape. The work emerges from Dali's ambitious "Imaginations and Objects of the Future" portfolio, created in 1975, which sought to visualize his visions of forthcoming technological innovations and cybernetic possibilities. Executed as a lithograph on delicate Japan paper, the print demonstrates the artist's masterful command of the medium, with meticulous detail and vibrant tonality that brings his fantastical vision to life. This edition, numbered LX/LXXV, represents one of only seventy-five impressions and bears Dali's signature, affirming its authenticity and value as a significant work from the artist's prolific later period. The framed presentation measures forty inches by thirty-seven inches, offering substantial presence while the intimate image size of twenty-eight by twenty-one and one-half inches showcases the jewel-like quality of Dali's draftsmanship. Collectors are drawn to this piece for its synthesis of Dali's surrealist vocabulary with his growing fascination with science and the future, creating a captivating window into the artist's enduring creative preoccupations during an era of rapid technological change.

Medium
Salvador Dali, Cybernetic Lobster Telephone, 1975 Imaginations and Objects of the Future Portfolio, (Field 75-11I), 1975, Signed, Lithograph on Japon paper, Edition LX/LXXV, 40" x 37" Framed Size, 30 3/4" x 27" Sheet Size, 28" x 21 1/2" Image Size
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