Giving form to images from the subconscious was an important motivation for the surrealists. They were inspired by Sigmund Freud's 'Traumdeutung' (interpretation of dreams) and psychoanalysis. Dalí compared the subconscious mind to having secret drawers, that could be opened at unexpected moments. He gave form to this idea in a contemporary version of the famous 'Venus de Milo'.
Specifications
| Title | Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Bronze, paint and fur |
| Object type |
Sculpture
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 99 cm Depth 31,5 cm Width 29,5 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Salvador Dalí
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| Accession number | BEK 1467 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1971 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1971 |
| Creation date | in 1936 (1964) |
| Entitled parties | © Salvador Dalí, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2022 |
| Provenance | Max Clarac-Sérou, Paris; Galerie du Dragon, Paris 1971 |
| Exhibitions | Tokyo 1964; Bern 1966; Tel Aviv 1966-1967; Humlebaek/Brussels 1967; Turin 1967-68; New York/Los Angeles/Chicago 1968; Rotterdam 1970-71; Stuttgart/Zurich/Humlebaek 1989-90; Rotterdam 1999; Barcelona/Madrid/St Petersburg 2004-05; London/Rotterdam/Bilbao 2007-08; Milan 2010-11; Frankfurt 2011; Rotterdam 2013-14a; Rotterdam 2017b |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) Een paraplu, een naaimachine en een ontleedtafel. Surrealisme à la Dalí in Rotterdam. (2013) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Collectie - surrealisme (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Surreal Objects (2011) Dal nulla al sogno (2018) Dalí, Magritte, Man Ray and Surrealism. Highlights from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) Only the Marvelous is Beautiful (2022) A Surreal Shock – Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) A Surreal Shock. Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) Surrealist Art - Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) |
| Research |
Show research Digitising Contemporary Art Show research A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
| Literature | New York/Los Angeles/Chicago 1968, pp. 145-46, fig. 217; Rotterdam 1970, cat. no. 188; Stuttgart/Zurich 1989, p. 207, cat. no. 158; Descharnes/Néret 1994, p. 279; Descharnes 1997, p. 199; Ades 2000, p. 117-18, fig. 24; R. Descharnes/N. Descharnes 2003, pp. 32-33, 36-37; Barcelona/Madrid/St Petersburg 2004-05, p. 148, fig. 244; Rotterdam/Barcelona/Madrid 2005, p. 243; London/Rotterdam/Bilbao 2007-08, pp. 20-21; Rotterdam 2007, pp. 94-95; Milan 2010-11, pp. 64-65; Frankfurt 2011, pp. 227-28, fig. p. 36; Paris/Madrid 2012-13, p. 190 |
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| Geographical origin | Spain > Southern Europe > Europe |
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