La Femme visible, La Chasse aux papillons (The Visible Woman, The Butterfly Hunt), 1930
Ink on paper laid down on cardboard
Sheet: 27.5 by 22 cm (10⅞ by 8⅝)
Board: 44 by 33.5 cm (17⅜ by 13¼ in.)
Board: 44 by 33.5 cm (17⅜ by 13¼ in.)
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Executed in 1930. The present work is related Dalí’s seminal publication of La Femme visible (1930), an illustrated book where the artist lays out his theory for the “paranoiac critical...
Executed in 1930.
The present work is
related Dalí’s seminal publication of La Femme visible (1930), an
illustrated book where the artist lays out his theory for the “paranoiac
critical method.” The drawings included in the publication are highly sexualized
and at times disquieting. Butterflies
feature prominently throughout Dalí’s oeuvre, as representations of metamorphosis,
transformation, and the fragility of life. Though in the present work no
butterflies appear in the composition, only the net used by lepidopterists is
depicted, leaving the true meaning of the work to be pondered.
The present work is
related Dalí’s seminal publication of La Femme visible (1930), an
illustrated book where the artist lays out his theory for the “paranoiac
critical method.” The drawings included in the publication are highly sexualized
and at times disquieting. Butterflies
feature prominently throughout Dalí’s oeuvre, as representations of metamorphosis,
transformation, and the fragility of life. Though in the present work no
butterflies appear in the composition, only the net used by lepidopterists is
depicted, leaving the true meaning of the work to be pondered.
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