Le hasard morphologique du dentifrice répandu n’échappe pas à la stéréotypie fine et ornementale © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Figueres, 2019 © Estate Brassaï Succession - Philippe Ribeyrolles
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Cat. no. OE
6

Le hasard morphologique du dentifrice répandu n’échappe pas à la stéréotypie fine et ornementale

The morphological accident of the squeezed toothpaste does not escape the fine ornamental stereotype

The morphological accident of the squeezed toothpaste does not escape the fine ornamental stereotype

Cat. no. OE 6

The morphological accident of the squeezed toothpaste does not escape the fine ornamental stereotype

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. Here, Dalí relates the random forms of toothpaste with the stereotype, a concept to which he refers when he talks about Art Nouveau in the article ‘Concerning the Terrifying and Edible Beauty of Art Nouveau Architecture’, published in the same issue of Minotaure.
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