IndyCar driver Servia and his admiration for Salvador Dali

As you watch the Detroit Chevrolet Belle Isle Grand Prix this weekend, each of the drivers who compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series own distinctive paint schemes on their race cars, but there’s another way to tell them apart on race day – their helmet design. And when it comes to those designs, none tell stories like the ones that protect the head of Oriol Servia, driver of the No. 22 Chevrolet for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Servia pays homage to his hero on his helmet, but it’s not who you would expect. The Spaniard is a huge fan of surrealist painter and countryman Salvador Dali (1904-89), and his helmet displays a depiction of Dali’s face. Read Rest of Story Here

Gad by Salvador Dali from 12 Tribes of Israel

25 3/4" x 20" on archival paper.

Hand signed by Salvador Dali in 1972

Excellent condition and still in the original case with

the other prints from the Twelve Tribes suite.

*Impressive in person!

This is an original hand colored etching.

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At the time when Jacob and his family of seventy souls came to live in Egypt, Gad was the father of seven sons. When our Patriarch Jacob blessed his sons before his death (Gen. 49:19), he prophesied that the tribe of Gad will provide brave troops who will lead the children of Israel to victory in the conquest of the Promised Land, then return to their inheritance on the eastern side of the Jordan.25 3/4" x 20" on archival paper.

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Salvador Dali Joan of Arc

“Joan of Arc”

Hand signed by Dali in 1978

22” x 30” on archival paper.

Lithograph with original remarque

Salvador Dali was a student of history and paid homage

to many historical figures.

Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in what is now eastern France, who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, transferred to the English in exchange for money, put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy," and burned at the stake as a heretic when she was only 19 years old.

Twenty-five years after the execution, an Inquisitorial court authorized by Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, pronounced her innocent and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is – along with St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Louis IX, and St. Theresa of Lisieux – one of the patron saints of France. Joan said that she had visions from God that instructed her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and lifted the siege in only nine days. Several more swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims and settled the disputed succession to the throne.

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Salvador Dali Changes Great Masterpieces

Salvador Dali created interpretations of many great works of art. One of the most talked about is
"The Angelus" by Millet.

Salvador Dali also created limited edition works that paid hommage to other

great masters.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALVADOR DALI

Today is May 11th 2012

Salvador Dali was born on May 11th 1904 in Figueres Spain. Dali forever changed the landscape of the art world with his well known Masterpiece The Persistence of Memory.

Location: Museum of Modern Art

Happy BirthdayDali!

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