Salvador Dali at the Time Warner Center

NEW YORK (AP) - Sixteen monumental bronze sculptures by Surrealist artist Salvador Dali will be exhibited in the public spaces of New York’s Time Warner Center.

“The Vision of a Genius” will run from Nov. 3 to April 30, 2011.

Times Warner Center says it’s presenting the exhibition to enrich the cultural experience of its visitors. The center has an upscale shopping mall and hotel.

Among the highlights is the 16-foot “The Persistence of Memory” and the 11-foot “Woman Aflame.” They’re owned by Italian modern art expert Beniamino Levi.

The exhibition also features 40 Dali drawings and paintings. They belong to Enrique Sabater y Bonany, the late artist’s private secretary from 1968 to 1981

Tancred's Choice Salvador Dali

In 1969 Dali created a very impressive suite of works titiled: Marquis de Sade

One of the images tells a story about Tancred and his love interest Clorinda.

The image also features Erminia, who was in love with Tancred, but did not make

this known right away.

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Salvador Dali desined a dream sequence for Vincenti Minnelli in the 1950 Film Father of the Bride with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor

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Salvador Dali Marquis de Sade As Pure as her Heart

Salvador Dali hand signed a series of works in the 1960's titled "Marquis de Sade"

One of the more popular of the set(suite) is As Pure as her Heart.

Justine, a sweet and virtuous girl lives with her sister Juliette in a nunnery. When they learn of their father's death, they are booted out of the nunnery with their father's remaining gold. Juliette takes Justine to a friend, Madame de Buission who could provide accommodation for the two girls. De Buisson turns out to be a brothel owner and requires the girls to work as prostitutes to pay for the accommodation. Justine refuses and leaves the brothel with her gold while Juliette stays and learns the arts of a prostitute. Justine meets a priest who offers to keep her gold safe and return it at the church the next day, should she reside with Monsieur Du Harpin. Du Harpin does not know the priest however, but agrees to let Justine stay for free if she agrees to serve as a maid.

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Salvador Dali Dumont and Marton Marquis de Sade

Dumont and Marton
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Salvador Dali

Hand signed in 1969

25 5/8" x 19 5/8" on archival paper.

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Condition: Excellent

Unframed (Ask about preservation framing)

From a small edition of 301 created in 1969

and hand signed by Salvador Dali in pencil.

Dumont, a well dressed man arrived bearing the Marquis de Sade's letter from Barraux. Sade wanted to use Dumont for an escape attempt, but the Commandante de Launay did not allow for a private meeting between the two.

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In Marquis de Sade His Life and Works

Marton talks to Marquise about a rebellion and what will happen to women. Marquise asks Marton to make her look presentable so she will be spared.
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