Dali By Dali
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few artists have ever been as audacious, as flamboyant, or as utterly singular as Salvador Dalí — and Dali by Dali presents the master of Surrealism in his own inimitable words and images, offering an unfiltered window into one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary creative minds. Translated from the French by Eleanor R. Morse, this lavish volume chronicles Dalí's provocative philosophy, his delirious dreamscapes, and the obsessions — melting clocks, burning giraffes, the luminous landscapes of Catalonia — that shaped a body of work unlike anything before or since. The book pairs Dalí's own writings and reflections with the iconic imagery for which he became world-renowned, creating a self-portrait as theatrical and layered as the man himself. Published by the prestigious Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this volume stands as both an art-historical document and a deeply personal manifesto, illustrating the inseparable bond between Dalí's life and his art. His prose crackles with the same hallucinatory energy as his canvases, veering between mysticism, eroticism, science, and showmanship in a manner that is wholly his own. For collectors, scholars, and devoted admirers of Surrealism alike, Dali by Dali raises a tantalising question: where does the performance end and the genius begin?
Author: Salvador Dali
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Genre: The arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few artists have ever been as audacious, as flamboyant, or as utterly singular as Salvador Dalí — and Dali by Dali presents the master of Surrealism in his own inimitable words and images, offering an unfiltered window into one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary creative minds. Translated from the French by Eleanor R. Morse, this lavish volume chronicles Dalí's provocative philosophy, his delirious dreamscapes, and the obsessions — melting clocks, burning giraffes, the luminous landscapes of Catalonia — that shaped a body of work unlike anything before or since. The book pairs Dalí's own writings and reflections with the iconic imagery for which he became world-renowned, creating a self-portrait as theatrical and layered as the man himself. Published by the prestigious Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this volume stands as both an art-historical document and a deeply personal manifesto, illustrating the inseparable bond between Dalí's life and his art. His prose crackles with the same hallucinatory energy as his canvases, veering between mysticism, eroticism, science, and showmanship in a manner that is wholly his own. For collectors, scholars, and devoted admirers of Surrealism alike, Dali by Dali raises a tantalising question: where does the performance end and the genius begin?