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TASCHEN’s 25th anniversary Special edition! Two large-format hardcover volumes in a slipcase.
Picasso called Dali “an outboard motor that’s always running.” Dali thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century’s greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics.
He was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. Dali was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis to the art of painting. He approached the subconscious with extraordinary sensitivity and imagination.
This lively monograph presents the infamous Surrealist in full color and in his own words. His provocative imagery is all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe.
A friend of the artist for over thirty years author Robert Descharnes is uniquely qualified to analyze Dali both the man and the myth.