ckck: Another dimension of Salvador Dali

In the distant 2010 I made the post "Limoges porcelain set made with engravings by Salvador Dali."
Recently, there was a lot of attention to him, so I decided to look at him.
I saw some stub of fasting - thanks to Radical! (((
I, frankly, do not understand what people are quoting in such cases, but decided to restore the lost, slightly improving.
Well, as it often happens, "... in the process of the path the dog was able to grow." ))

A witch on a broomstick.
1974 porcelain, cobalt, gold
Manufacturer: Raynaud 'a Limoges

- Don Salvador, on the stage!
- Don Salvador is always on stage!
\ Salvador Dali \
The world of the subconscious and the world of dreams, psychoanalysis and literature are intertwined in Dali's creativity, creating an atmosphere of a different dimension or curved space.
Creativity Dali is perhaps the most surreal of all world surrealism.
It remains only to guess what thoughts circled in the head of the artist, when he created his works.
Dali's specific style, which even in small details used optical tricks and illusions, gives the impression of an endless layering of meanings and subtexts, a rebus, which everyone involuntarily must unravel, peering at the image.
Guess, meditation and admiration.
These are the three whales for which I love surrealism. And it does not matter, whether it's a man-made cloth, or a banal plate.

Golden calf.
1974 porcelain, cobalt, gold
Manufacturer: Raynaud 'a Limoges

This work of art is one of the masterpieces associated with the name of the great and terrible Salvador Dali.
The rarest set of Limoges porcelain from 6 plates is the result of the cooperation of Salvador Dali, Pierre Arzhile and Andre Reno. What is called, figured out for three. ))
Let's plunge into the annals of history.
In 1934, Dali first met with the famous photographer, publisher and passionate admirer of Dali's art, Pierre Arzhile.
This meeting grew into a close creative cooperation, which lasted more than 50 years.
By order of Argyle, Dali performed 190 etchings on copper, which, in the main, were illustrations to the works of classical and modern literature published by Pierre Arzhile.
Among them - Dante's Divine Comedy, Cervantes's Don Quixote, Goethe's Faust, the poems of Ronsard and Apollinaire, Venus in the Furs of Sacher-Masoch, Surrealist Tavromachia, and Mythology.
In 1970, after the opening of the Furstenberg Gallery in Paris by Pierre Arzhile, the first thought arose of transferring some graphic sheets of Dali to porcelain plates.
There were selected 4 illustrations for "Faust" (Faust, Horse of Destiny, Golden Taurus, Sabbat (Walpurgis Night) and 2 illustrations for "Venus in Furs" by Sacher-Masoch (Woman with a Whip and Secret Ceremony).
Outside this series it was also decided to release another plate with an illustration to "Faust" (Gretchen).
This extra plate with a portrait of Gretchen was released without cobalt coating, on white porcelain with gilding.

Gretchen.
1974 porcelain, gold
Manufacturer: Raynaud 'a Limoges

In 1974, this work was entrusted to Andre Reno, then owner of one of the largest porcelain manufacturers in France - Renault-Limoges, specializing in the production of small-circulation porcelain products.
The uniqueness of this collection is the presence of the original signature of Salvador Dali on each plate.
The whole set is made in the classical technique of the Sevres Porcelain Manufactory, which allowed the masters to achieve a special deep blue shade called (bleu de four or bleu de sevres - sevre blue).
The sets of plates were issued in a limited edition of two thousand copies, each plate has its serial number and a titanium certificate confirming its origin.
The company "Reno-Limoges", which has existed since 1849, is the owner of a unique technology for making Limoges porcelain, in particular, the deposition of gold on cobalt coatings, ensuring the perfect reproduction accuracy of the original drawing.
Rene-Limoges products are in great demand among crowned individuals and owners of ancient castles in Europe, because for the creators of this unique porcelain, the passion that they put into masterpieces of enduring value and beauty comes first.