Salvador Dali Bikini Line Fashion

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Joss Stone pays tribute to Salvador Dali in music video

Joss Stone

Click image to see video of Joss's hit song, "The High Road" that features

melting clocks inspired by Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory"

painting located at the Museum of Modern Art in NY.

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Art investing and Art Market

A recent post from AW

The art fund market has gone global

As interest in art as an alternative asset class continues to grow among sophisticated investors, we are finding there is an equivalent rise in the number of investment vehicles dedicated to art and other so-called “investments of passion.” Today we are seeing investment vehicles include everything from art, wine and violin funds to classic automobiles. Interest in all forms of passion assets has been accelerating at a rapid pace globally, with a new and discernible demand coming from China. The desire by Chinese investors in particular to preserve the value of their assets against high inflation and market volatility is spurring financial innovation in passion assets.

In our 2011 survey on the art and passion fund market we identified in excess of 40 art and passion investment vehicles at various stages of their development operating in over 13 different countries. Since then, Deloitte has estimated that the global art fund market reached approximately US $960 million in 2011, up from U.S. $760 million in 2010. With over 21 art funds established in China alone since 2010, according to Deloitte’s 2011 Art and Finance Report, one must ask if this rapid rise can be sustained. Art funds in India, which were, in many respects, pioneers in art investment vehicles, have come into the spotlight in the last several years for their poor investment performance due to lack of transparency and investment discipline. However, with the emergence of greater regulatory reform art funds in India are entering a new phase in their evolution and are likely to re-emerge stronger as they rebuild their operating models and invest in robust systems, processes and controls.

Developments in the US and Europe

While we are aware of a number of new art and passion investment vehicles under development this year in the U.S. and Europe, in our estimation the number of active funds has not changed substantially since 2010. To date, the amount of capital raised by art funds in general remains low relative to mainstream alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity funds, and so far they lack the size and scale required to attract most institutional investors.

In 2009, a combination of factors—including the ongoing financial crisis, the Bernard Madoff scandal and loss of investor confidence—created a difficult capital raising environment for most alternative investment vehicles; art funds were no exception. Investors today are conducting wider-ranging and more in-depth evaluation of alternative funds than ever before as the past few years have brought risk management concerns into sharper focus. Although high net worth investors are gaining appetite for passion investments they are likely to be extremely selective as they decide which investment vehicles deserve their money and will remain slow to commit themselves to new funds which lack an established track record of performance. Recently we have seen the emergence of privately managed accounts from art fund managers seeking to provide investors with higher levels of transparency and control. A managed art account is segregated from any other pool of funds the art fund manager may provide service to, and is tailored to the needs of a specific investor.

Demand for portfolio diversification

Following the events of the past several months we have seen some new momentum around art and other passion investment vehicles among private investors amid the turmoil in the financial markets. Since our last report there have been a number of new developments which could significantly influence demand. First, as signs point to continued turmoil in Europe sophisticated investors are turning to what are called “real assets” to diversify their portfolios and help anchor their investment strategy. Historically, sophisticated investors have relied on “real assets” such as commodities to diversify their portfolios and to protect themselves against the damaging by-products of inflation and volatility. For many wealthy individuals high quality works of art with strong provenance are becoming the real asset of choice and an important component of strategic portfolio diversification.

Many of the gains realized by sophisticated private investors in recent years have been the result of strategic diversification of their holdings by moving into a broad range of asset classes. Most recently, this trend has extended to art, as investors shift their concern from weathering the financial crisis to anticipating the inflationary effects of rising government spending and debt. The low correlation with other financial assets makes art (or at least art in the form of a well -diversified investment portfolio) an attractive strategy. Also, there is growing interest in irreplaceable tangible assets such as art which exhibit defensive characteristics during weak economic periods.

While many investment professionals agree that real assets provide diversification benefits, there has been surprisingly little research into the appropriate allocation in an investment portfolio. Art used in the right way can enable investors to better tailor their investment strategies to address specific financial and investment concerns (e.g. controlling volatility, boosting returns or hedging against inflation). However, making a long term commitment to art and collectibles is important, as the key benefits are strategic in nature. Further, as most analysts will tell you, a long-term horizon helps reduce concerns about illiquidity and volatility.

Future of art funds

So what does this all mean for the future of art investment vehicles? As the market evolves it is clear that the winners will be those art funds that have the operational flexibility to adapt to market conditions and meet investor needs.

A new generation of investor is emerging for which art and other investments of passion are increasingly becoming an important component of their wealth preservation strategy. Looking forward we can expect a number of key themes emerging:

• Art and other passion investment vehicles will continue to grow and evolve, primarily appealing to sophisticated investors as part of a portfolio diversification strategy.

• Investors will intensify their scrutiny of alternative investments and are expected to conduct even more rigorous due-diligence.

• In 2013, we expect to see a growth of managed art accounts offered by art fund managers targeting high net worth individuals which are personalised and tailored to their specific needs.

• The number of art funds from developing economies will increase and will be directly linked to the economic expansion in these countries and the emergence of a new generation of wealth.

• Art as an alternative investment will gain momentum in 2013, primarily from investor disappointment in financial assets and growing demand for "real assets" which offer a long term store of value.

Argus

by

Salvador Dali

Rare graphic from 1960

Art as an investment Forbes

Written by Todd at AW

Forbes appears to be running some blog posts on art as an investment by writer Kathryn Tully. I will be keeping an eye on the posts to see how the financial magazine covers art as an investment. Many financial papers have been covering art as an investment, art as an asset class, art and financial returns, art as an alternative investment, etc. Call it what you may, art as an investment is certainly creeping into the lexicon of the financial press on a regular basis. And, for the most part, that is a good thing for appraisers.

Hand signed limted edition print by

Salvador Dali



The Famine by Salvador Dali

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The Famine

Hand signed by Salvador Dali in 1974

This is a high grade work on custom material/parchment.

Influence: "Moses and Monotheism" by Sigmund Freud

20" x 26"

on a custom material made by Art et Valeur in Paris France.

Mixed media, combination of lithography etching

Moses was chosen by God to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt and into the promised land. This epic journey was known as the Exodus and was dominated by the heroic figure of Moses.

Genesis 15:18 'In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

About 2000BC Abraham was summoned by God who asked him to leave the deserts of Mesopotamia and head towards the land of Canaan.

Canaan at this time was prone to unpredictable crop failure and famine. It had one major disadvantage in that it didn't have a life-giving river system like the Nile in Egypt or the Euphrates and Tigres in Mesopotamia. So when it was struck by a severe famine around the 17th century BC, Abraham's grandson Jacob was forced to take his twelve sons to find food in Egypt.

 

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Marc Chagall Bible Series Naomi and her Daughters in Law

Much like Salvador Dali, many of Marc Chagalls finest prints were

created at Mourlot in Paris.

Naomi and her Daughters-in-Law

14 1/8" x 10 3/8"

Original color lithograph

Printed 1960

"And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband."

Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s,

"Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".

Chagall spent eight years etching the plates for The Bible Series.

The copper plates were subsequently given to the Musee National Message Biblique in Nice by Marc and Vava Chagall.

Meyer Schapiro, noted art historian, made the observation that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task.

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Marc Chagall Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet

Here is an example of an affordable work that was printed from plates created by Chagall.

 

Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet

Original color lithograph, 1960. 14 1/8" x 10 3/8"

About Chagall:

Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s,

 "Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".

Chagalls biography includes these comments:

"Chagalls ties with the Bible go very deep, his childhood in Russia had a big influence on his works"

Of the Bible, this is what Chagall said, "Ever since my earliest youth, I have been fascinated with the Bible. I have always believed…that it is the greatest source of poetry of all time…I have sought its reflection in life and art. The Bible is life, an echo of nature, and this is the secret I have endeavored to transmit."

He formed a business relationship with French art dealer Ambroise Vollard. This inspired him to begin creating etchings for a series of illustrated books, including Gogol's Dead Souls, the Bible, and the Fables of La Fontaine. These illustrations would eventually come to represent his finest printmaking efforts.

Chagall spent eight years etching the plates for The Bible Series.

The copper plates were subsequently given to the Musee National Message Biblique in Nice by Marc and Vava Chagall.

Meyer Schapiro, noted art historian, made the observation that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task.

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Poseiden by Salvador Dali

Neptune (Poseidon)

19" x 30"

Printed in Paris France in 1963
Small worldwide edition of 270

There are restrikes of these, so all works must pass
inspection with a known Dali expert.

Printed on Arches with some printed on Japon paper.

From the "Mythology" series.

Condition is excellent!

RARE

Neptune was the Roman god of water and the sea in Roman mythology and religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of Heaven, Earth and the Netherigions.

There seems to be confusion as to the title of this work.

The Archives created by Albert Field lists the title as Neptune with Poseiden in parenthasis.

Neptune had power over Sea Water and Fresh water both.

As both characters were worshipped by the Romans/Greeks, it makes

sense that Dali might have referenced both in the same work.

Our price for this work is far below what others are asking.

There are only a few of these on the market.

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Battle Around a Dandelion Tapestry by Salvador Dali

Battle Around a Dandelion

by

Salvador Dali

Large hand wove tapestry from 1988

Limited edition.

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What are the Chances? Salvador Dali

What would you say If I told you that back in 1968, Salvador Dali created a series of limited edition prints that included a work titled: Arise, Barak, and Lead? an image of a dark skinned character rising among a group of people. A leader named Barak? Well, Dali did exactly that.

Here is an image of the work:

This work is hand signed by Dali and limited edition,

and yes you can still buy one.

While original Dali works can sell for millions, these limited edition works

sell in the thousands and average people buy and sell them on a daily basis all

over the globe.

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Salvador Dali works from Spain on display in Florida

Museum to feature Dalí paintings from Spain

The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg will welcome 12 works by its famous Spanish surrealist namesake never before seen in America.

"The Royal Inheritance: Dalí works from the Spanish National Collection" exhibit, co-curated by Dalí museum's senior curators Joan Kropf and William Jeffett, runs Oct. 1 through March 13, 2013.
The new exhibit comes to the museum by way of the National Collection of Modern Art in Spain — Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

"Composition"

(1928) is a large abstract work. The exhibit paintings have never been seen in America.

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Salvador Dali Viet Nam prints

Angel of Mercy Covering a Calmer World

23" x 16" on V Piera Paper

*Hand signed by Salvador Dali in 1973 in front of witnesses.

*The publisher filmed an interview with the creator of the Dali Museum in Fla., Reynolds Morse.

*The cancelled printing plates are the property of the publisher.

*The bon à tirer prints or Artists Proofs can be seen at the Dali Museum when they are on display.

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam,

Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

During the most publicized part of the Viet Nam War,

Salvador Dali was living in New York at the St. Regis Hotel and meeting with the

public on a regular basis.

The Viet Nam war protests and constant news stories shaped the culture of that day

and sparked unrest and chaos among the young people of the United States.

While most people might refer to the destructive nature of weapons,

Dali referred to the Aomic Bomb as "excited particles".

The extensive study of science as a youth gave Dali a unique perspective on things

having to do with energy or decay as a few examples.

The Angel in the image is similar to the iconic Angel we see

in many of Dali's better known graphics.

The Angel of Mercy is referred to in various religeons,

known for healing and compassion. So during a time of great conflict

and destruction, Dali created a series of works having to do with Peace in Viet Nam.

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Invisible Sleeping Woman Horse Lion by Salvador Dali

Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion

Salvador Dali

 Musee National d-Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Great masterworks are born of pain. In his cottage at Port Lligat, Dali now set about painting like one possessed. Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion was surely the major work of this period; while The Invisible Man is the first double-image picture of a man and a 'woman, a fetish to protect the two lovers, Dali and Gala, from Dali's father and other dangers. Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion not only examines Dali's recurring theme of the persistence of desire, but is also an investigation of multiple-image possibilities such as the artist was to explore over and over again in the sequel. The multiple image, to Dali's way of thinking, could extend the "paranoiac" process by adding a second and even third visual dimension.

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Detroit Institute of Arts Salvador Dali and other Spanish Masters

How big should an exhibition be? “Five Spanish Masterpieces” packs a mighty wallop, even though you can count the paintings on one hand.

The Detroit Institute of Arts’ great blue period Picasso, “Melancholy Woman,” has returned home after two years on loan to exhibitions across the globe. To celebrate, the DIA has surrounded it with dynamite paintings by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya and Salvador Dali.

Curated by Salvador Salort-Pons, head of European Art at the DIA, the exhibition is spread over three galleries — this is one show that’s not overhung — and sweeps through about 300 years of Spanish art.

Dali and Picasso get their own rooms. Dali style changed later in his career, but his gruesome antiwar picture, “Soft Construction with Boiled Beans” (1936), remains a surrealist landmark.

But it’s the center gallery that makes the show, with portraits of an unknown man by Velázquez and a matador by Goya, plus El Greco’s “The Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John the Baptist” (1600).

— Detroit Free Press

Stolen Dali Returned to Gallery

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Salvador Dali Homage to Venice

Homage to Venice

Venice is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small

islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, and is a top
destination for travlers and tourists.

The name Venice is derived from the ancient Veneti people
who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C.

Dali and his wife Gala traveled to Venice for vacation with
Coco Chanel and others.

Venice was a favorite spot for Dali as he was influenced by its

architecture and its artworks, and inspired a number of well

known works including this one.

The print shown is embossed.

Here is an image of a portion of the back of the print to show some

of the indented portions of the image thus creating more a

painted look.



Surreal Art

There are many who create surreal art, but is the art of their own imagination or are they borrowing from others. Some even create art that looks like works by Dali, they add Dali's name and other things related to Dali to the keywords of posts etc., to try and draw the public to images that they then "imply" are by the hand of Salvador Dali. It is important that when you are looking at surreal art and surrealism, to make sure you are clear as to what artists you are looking at, I recently had an email come in from someone asking, "What is the title of this Dali painting?" My reply was very simple... "That is not a Dali painting"

Here is the best known of all Dali works:

The Persistence of Memory

by

Salvador Dali

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Dali Stolen from NY Gallery

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