Cat. no. OE
8

Numéro d’autobus roulé, trouvé dans la poche de veston d’un bureaucrate moyen (Crédit Lyonnais) ; caractéristiques les plus fréquentes de « Modern Style »

Rolled-up bus ticket, found in the pocket of an average bureaucrat (Crédit Lyonnais); the most frequent characteristics of «Modern Style»

Rolled-up bus ticket, found in the pocket of an average bureaucrat (Crédit Lyonnais); the most frequent characteristics of «Modern Style»

Cat. no. OE 8

Rolled-up bus ticket, found in the pocket of an average bureaucrat (Crédit Lyonnais); the most frequent characteristics of «Modern Style»

1932-1933

Description

Unique Original Work
Author:
Salvador Dalí i Domènech - Gyula Halász, àlies Brassaï
Date:
1932-1933
Technique:
Photograph and found object or object of automatic origin
Dimensions:
For this study we have taken into consideration the homothetic posthumous print run in the original format of 17 x 23 cm
Location:
Unknown. Homothetic posthumous print: Estate Brassaï Succession
Description:
Between 1932-1933, Dalí took on the artistic direction of a series of photographs made with Gyula Halász, alias Brassaï (1899-1984), in which certain objects, probably of automatic origin, acquire a new conceptual and artistic dimension, grounded in the essence of the photographic image. Several of these photographs were published anonymously in 1933 in the magazine Minotaure, under the heading ‘Sculptures involontaires’, each with a descriptive title drawing attention to details of the work. The piece presented here is a found bus ticket, which Dalí relates to the characteristic features of Art Nouveau. This is yet another allusion to his article ‘Concerning the Terrifying and Edible Beauty of Art Nouveau Architecture’, published in the same issue of Minotaure.