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Salvador Dalí — Le profil de temps (Profile of Time) (D. 615)
Salvador Dalí

Le profil de temps (Profile of Time) (D. 615)

1977

"Le profil de temps" is a bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí that exemplifies the Surrealist master's fascination with the distortion of time and form. The work features a profile rendered in Dalí's characteristic melting, biomorphic style, with the varied patina of gold, green, and brown creating visual depth and suggesting the passage and decay inherent to temporal existence. This piece represents Dalí's exploration of how time sculpts and transforms the human form, translating his painterly obsessions with temporal fluidity into three dimensional space.

Medium
Bronze sculpture with gold, green and brown patina.

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March 28, 2025

Lot 18

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Salvador Dalí, Le profil de temps (Profile of Time) (D. 615), 1977

"Le profil de temps" is a bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí that exemplifies the Surrealist master's fascination with the distortion of time and form. The work features a profile rendered in Dalí's characteristic melting, biomorphic style, with the varied patina of gold, green, and brown creating visual depth and suggesting the passage and decay inherent to temporal existence. This piece represents Dalí's exploration of how time sculpts and transforms the human form, translating his painterly obsessions with temporal fluidity into three dimensional space.

Medium
Bronze sculpture with gold, green and brown patina.
Year
1977
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Philosophical subject matter, Melancholic Mood, 20th Century, Intaglio technique, Dreamlike Aesthetic, Etching, Profile portraiture, Spanish Artist, Time and temporality

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo