Category
Sculpture-VolumeMedium
BronzeType of Artwork
Multiple (PE Edition of 19 proofs)Certificate issued by
2049 Obra Contemporanea as descended from DALISignature
versoSize of the artwork
70 cm(27.56 in)
Condition
excellentFoundry
Bonvicini Fonderia, ItalySubject
fantasticArtistic Movement
20th Century SurrealismArtwork description
Salvador DALI
(1904-1989)
Carmen Castanets (Prestige Scale #PE2 of 19))(1970)
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Provenance:
Private Collection with Clean Title. Pristine condition with original certification of authenticity from the publisher 2049 Obra Contemporanea. Only known cast with golden patina.
Beautiful Spaniard woman archetype performing a Flamenco dance. Carmen is depicted as the beautiful and wild gypsy dancing to the sound of the castanets which she holds between her fingers. Seducing the watcher in the same way Merimee’s heroine seduced all men around her.
Prosper Merimée said of his leading character in Carmen that she spoke Basque and exerted a maddening effect on men that eventually lead her to destruction. This novel, published in 1845, quickly became the stereotype of Spanish women: free, fiery, superstitious, proud and wild, provoking uproar in the society of the time which demanded the exact opposite of women: virtue and maternity, laboriousness, obedience and submission.