Christmas 1944, the painter Salvador Dali - a refugee in the United States - gives friends a colored drawing.
American edition of Maurice-Yves Sandoz's book "Fantastic Memories", published in 1936, with a pen drawing-dedication made by Salvador Dali during Christmas 1944.
Recipient(s) of dedication not identified.
The book contains 129 pages and is written in English, but Dali's dedication is in French.
18 cm x 26 cm.
United States.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
For (...) Fond remembrance, Christmas 1944.
Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) was one of the most important surrealist artists in Spain, working as a visual artist, painter and sculptor. His work was influenced by several artists, including Pablo Picasso, whom he met in Paris in 1929, and the psychological works of Freud. In the 1930s, a period of great artistic production, Dali joined the artistic movement known as surrealism. His works, with extraordinary artistic quality, are almost always representations of a bizarre universe, such as the famous “Persistence of Memory” (1931), “Soft Building with Cooked Peas: Premonition of Civil War” (1936), “Sleep” (1937) and “Giraffe on Fire” (1937).
Maurice-Yves Sandoz (1892 - 1958) was a Swiss writer, specialized in fantasy literature, participated in the surrealist movement and admired Dali.
Dali personalized the book with this drawing made with a natural pen. He used black Indian ink and red ink, depicting a surrealist scene: a mother accompanied by a girl pointing to a shooting star. At the time he created this drawing, during World War II, Salvador Dali was a refugee in the United States (since 1936).
