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Porte-Manteau Montre

Artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Manufacturer Daum & Cie

Date1970

MediumMixed media | Glass | Metal

DimensionsOverall: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)

ClassificationsContemporary art

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number72.001

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Nancy, France

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DescriptionMixed media glass & metal sculpture of a glass clock on a hanger. Limp pate de verre glass clock/watch hangs on a gilt hanger. The design is executed by Daum Freres/Daum Editeur D'Art, Nancy, France.

Label TextSalvador Dalí Spanish (1904–1989) Porte-Monteau Montre, 1970 Mixed media, pâte de verre glass, and metal Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 72.001 Although perhaps best known for his strange, Surrealist paintings, Dalí did not limit himself to this medium. He experimented with a variety of artistic techniques, including sculpture, jewelry design, book illustration, and glass. Since its first rendering in his painting The Persistence of Memory, Dalí has returned to the image of the limp watch many times. It has become a symbol of his Paranoiac Critical method, which involved perceiving reality through irrational means, such as hallucinations or paranoia, and creating visual connections between objects or ideas that are not typically linked in our minds. Dalí’s watch comments on time as a fluid notion that is merely a social construction.