Le pain ornemental et Modern Style échappe à la stéréotypie molle

Ornamental Modern Style bread escapes the soft stereotype

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Figueres, 2019 © Estate Brassaï Succession

Cat. no. OE 4

Le pain ornemental et Modern Style échappe à la stéréotypie molle

Ornamental Modern Style bread escapes the soft stereotype

Unique Original Work

Description

Author:
Salvador Dalí i Domènech - Gyula Halász, alias Brassaï
Date:
1932-1933
Technique:
Photograph and found object or object of automatic origin
Dimensions:
The dimensions of the original print run of the photograph are not known
Location:
Unknown

Between 1932-1933, Dalí took on the artistic direction of a series of photographs made with Gyula Halász, alias Brassaï (1899-1984), in which certain objects, probably of automatic origin, acquire a new conceptual and artistic dimension, grounded in the essence of the photographic image. Several of these photographs were published anonymously in 1933 in the magazine Minotaure, under the heading ‘Sculptures involontaires’, each with a descriptive title drawing attention to details of the work. In this work reference is made to Art Nouveau bread, which avoids the soft stereotype. It seems clear that these concepts are related to Dalí’s article ‘Concerning the Terrifying and Edible Beauty of Art Nouveau Architecture’, published in the same issue of Minotaure. The iconography of bread is also typical of Dalí’s painting, as can be seen in his 1932 Anthropomorphic Bread.

Observations

Dalí's original spelling of the title has been corrected: 'Le pain ornemental et Modern'Style échappe a la stéréotypie molle'.

The specific details of the original print run of this photograph are no longer known.

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