Salvador Dali - Cavalier lisant, Drawing (Ink/Pen/Pencil), 1974

Salvador Dali

Cavalier lisant

1974
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Drawing, Unique Work
Ink/Pen/Pencil, Paper
41.2 x 30 cm
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This work is drawn on the frontispiece of Dalí's 1974 Surrealist cookbook, Les dîners de Gala. Renowned for his extravagant soirées featuring opulent menus, Dalí's culinary creations were as visionary as his storied œuvre. The present lot is dedicated to Catalan painter and writer, Joan-Josep Tharrats i Vidal.
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— £5290 at Christie's, London, 2024

Artwork
«Cavalier lisant»
in Interior

Drawing Cavalier lisant in light living room
Drawing Cavalier lisant in large empty light living room
Drawing Cavalier lisant in dark living room
Drawing Cavalier lisant in dark living room
Drawing Cavalier lisant in light bedroom
Drawing Cavalier lisant in dark bedroom
Drawing Cavalier lisant on warm wall
Drawing Cavalier lisant on light wall
Drawing Cavalier lisant on dark wall
Drawing Cavalier lisant on dark wall
Drawing Cavalier lisant in warm interior next to a lady
Drawing Cavalier lisant in dark interior next to a lady
Drawing Cavalier lisant in light interior next to a lady

Vaisilisa, art-curator

— In Cavalier Lisant, Dalí portrays a lone knight reading, captured with fluid and spontaneous lines. The figure, though minimal, carries a sense of nobility and introspection.

This work merges the rational and the imaginative, where the act of reading becomes a metaphor for the inner quest of the spirit. Dalí’s hand seems to draw thought itself, weightless and alive.

The simplicity of form contrasts with the depth of meaning — a poetic balance of clarity and dream. It is a moment of stillness charged with quiet strength.

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali is best known for his surrealist paintings that merge dream imagery, precise realism, and symbolic content. Dali's flamboyant personality and prolific imagination made him a cultural icon as well as a leading voice in 20th-century art.

Artist Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali,
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