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Artworks
Salvador Dali
Dance of Time II , 1984Lost Wax Cast Bronze59 x 51 1/8 x 51 1/8 in
150 x 130 x 130 cmEdition 6/8SignedFurther images
The melted watch is the most well-known and beloved of Dalí’s iconoclastic images - the artist chose to portray this image consistently throughout his lifetime, beginning in 1931. Th e...The melted watch is the most well-known and beloved of Dalí’s iconoclastic images - the artist chose to portray this image consistently throughout
his lifetime, beginning in 1931. Th e ever-present fl uidity of time is represented in this sculpture as time not only moving, but dancing in rhythm
to the beat of the universe. Universal time knows no limits; it must be remembered that time, as we understand it, is a human notion. Instead,
Dalinian time is perpetual and “dances on” stopping for no man, history or even the cosmos. Th e image depicts Dalí’s fantastical relationship
with time, his perception of its constricting limitations and the importance he believed to be inherent in memory. Th is image is depicted in three
diff erent forms: Dance of Time I, Dance of Time II and Dance of Time III
