Salvador Dali owned by Hugh Hefner to be auctioned at Christies

A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner's bedroom is among 125 artworks being auctioned by the magazine known for baring all for nearly 60 years. The Dec. 8 auction at Christie's is dubbed "The Year of the Rabbit."  Salvador Dali was interviewed by Playboy in 1964 in this issue:

There are other Dali images associated with Playboy as well.

And a few others that are too...well, I'd have to give the blog a new rating

in order to add them.

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Dali in Bulgaria

Dali works at Bulgarian Exhibition


French Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand saw the exhibition accompanied by Bulgarian ambassador to Paris Marin Raykov

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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