MANNEQUIN JAVANAIS

In 1934, Dalí completed a painting of this form, but it was not executed in bronze until many years later.  This figure seems to suggest an undulating antagonistic aspect in relation to the straight line, like the work by the architect Dalí most admired: Antonio Gaudì.  The legs of the figure are those of a kneeling man, but one buttock is elongated into a strange extension, requiring it to be supported by a crutch.  The body is merely implied, through the use of four three-quarter circles that are rib-like.  On the pedestal stands Dalí, as a very small child, holding his mother’s hand.  She, in turn, has her other arm raised, displaying to Dalí his future as an artist.   

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Date: 1969  

Material: polished bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 8 plus 4 EA

Height: 17,2 cm 

Direct intervention (created by Dalí): the idea, the image and original maquette

Indirect intervention (created by artisans): lost wax process and patina