Casa Dalí
Dalí was always working wherever he was and at any time of the year, but painting, in the sense of making large oil works, was something he only did in Portlligat in the summer. His true ecstasy came with the summer heat.
Casa Dalí opens Salvador Dalí’s home on the shores of Spain’s Costa Brava, with photographs by Coco Capitán offering a rare glimpse into the artist’s surrealist home and workshop. Purchased by Dalí in the early 1930s, the house served as the artist’s primary residence and workspace, and was the birthplace of some of his most famous paintings, including The Persistence of Memory.
A special introduction by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca recounts his 15-year friendship with Dalí, while exclusive new photographs by Coco Capitán capture the artist’s home in the same golden light that drew him to the Mediterranean village of Portlligat, where he claimed he was the first Spaniard to see the sun rise. Coco’s photos draw readers into the grandeur of the artist’s home as a place of active creation—both life and art—where weathered objects and ephemera from Dalí’s studio appear alongside images of his infamous taxidermy collection, the iconic sofa modeled after Mae West’s mouth, and the distinctive white exteriors that also shaped one of our bestsellers, The Modern Architecture of Cadaqués: 1955-71.
An original poem by Coco, written at the time he photographed the house, adorns the front and back covers, emblematic of his introspective approach to a practice that defies a single medium. Through these first-hand accounts, Casa Dalí grants special access to an eccentric space that stands as his own Dalinian creation, witness to and inspiration for the artist’s definitive style.
Dalí was always working wherever he was and at any time of the year, but painting, in the sense of making large oil works, was something he only did in Portlligat in the summer. His true ecstasy came with the summer heat.
Casa Dalí opens Salvador Dalí’s home on the shores of Spain’s Costa Brava, with photographs by Coco Capitán offering a rare glimpse into the artist’s surrealist home and workshop. Purchased by Dalí in the early 1930s, the house served as the artist’s primary residence and workspace, and was the birthplace of some of his most famous paintings, including The Persistence of Memory.
A special introduction by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca recounts his 15-year friendship with Dalí, while exclusive new photographs by Coco Capitán capture the artist’s home in the same golden light that drew him to the Mediterranean village of Portlligat, where he claimed he was the first Spaniard to see the sun rise. Coco’s photos draw readers into the grandeur of the artist’s home as a place of active creation—both life and art—where weathered objects and ephemera from Dalí’s studio appear alongside images of his infamous taxidermy collection, the iconic sofa modeled after Mae West’s mouth, and the distinctive white exteriors that also shaped one of our bestsellers, The Modern Architecture of Cadaqués: 1955-71.
An original poem by Coco, written at the time he photographed the house, adorns the front and back covers, emblematic of his introspective approach to a practice that defies a single medium. Through these first-hand accounts, Casa Dalí grants special access to an eccentric space that stands as his own Dalinian creation, witness to and inspiration for the artist’s definitive style.
49.00 EUR
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Casa Dalí
49.00 EUR
Dalí was always working wherever he was and at any time of the year, but painting, in the sense of making large oil works, was something he only did in Portlligat in the summer. His true ecstasy came with the summer heat.
Casa Dalí opens Salvador Dalí’s home on the shores of Spain’s Costa Brava, with photographs by Coco Capitán offering a rare glimpse into the artist’s surrealist home and workshop. Purchased by Dalí in the early 1930s, the house served as the artist’s primary residence and workspace, and was the birthplace of some of his most famous paintings, including The Persistence of Memory.
A special introduction by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca recounts his 15-year friendship with Dalí, while exclusive new photographs by Coco Capitán capture the artist’s home in the same golden light that drew him to the Mediterranean village of Portlligat, where he claimed he was the first Spaniard to see the sun rise. Coco’s photos draw readers into the grandeur of the artist’s home as a place of active creation—both life and art—where weathered objects and ephemera from Dalí’s studio appear alongside images of his infamous taxidermy collection, the iconic sofa modeled after Mae West’s mouth, and the distinctive white exteriors that also shaped one of our bestsellers, The Modern Architecture of Cadaqués: 1955-71.
An original poem by Coco, written at the time he photographed the house, adorns the front and back covers, emblematic of his introspective approach to a practice that defies a single medium. Through these first-hand accounts, Casa Dalí grants special access to an eccentric space that stands as his own Dalinian creation, witness to and inspiration for the artist’s definitive style.
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product.book.weight
product.book.dimensions