Salvador Dali in Port Lligat
A former fisherman's hut in Port Lligat…Salvador Dalí moved here in 1930 and continued to work here until 1982.
The building, designed by Dalí and Gala, is a labyrinthine structure organised around the so-called "Saló de l'Óssa" (Hall of the Bear). From this central area, the home spreads out through a succession of small rooms connected by corridors, small level changes and culs-de-sac. The rooms have windows of different shapes and sizes but with one common denominator: they frame the Port Lligat bay, a place that is a recurring theme in Dalí's work.
The home, which the writer Josep Pla described as "surprising, extraordinary and never seen before" was a refuge where Dalí led "a life of asceticism and isolation" after living for many years in Paris.
In 1982, after Gala's death, Dalí did not return to Port Lligat. With the painter's death (1989), in 1994 the house became a small museum areaadapted by the architects Oriol Clos i Costa and José Ramos Illán.
"Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali."
The portraits of the artist shared in this in this blog make part of one of our favorite and rather bold photo sessions - the one he did with photographer Charles Hewitt for a British editorial magazine called Picture Post in 1955. Dali posed up a storm and never missed an opportunity to shock his audience. Hewitt simple titled the feature, "One day with Salvador Dali".
These photographs reveal the overall mood and the atmosphere Dali created in his precious refuge, since the photo shoot took place right there, near the secluded village of Port Iligat. By the way, a young Salvador bought it with an advance of 20,000 Francs for a painting commissioned by the Viscount de Naila, after his father threw him out of the house, unable to bear his blasphemous antics any longer.
As the artist became more sought-after over the years, for every painting and sold-out show, Dali would purchase another neighbouring house, expanding the property into his sprawling surrealist Spanish sanctuary.
Speaking of his dreamy bohemian lair, Dali once said:
"Port Lligat is the place of production, the ideal place for my work. Everything fits to make it so: time goes more slowly and each hour has its proper dimension."
We at Controforma are happy to introduce a lot capable of taking a very special place in the collection of any Dali's art lover:
🔴 L'ANGE DE PORT LLIGAT lithography by SALVADOR DALI
for a special price of € 3,950
The original painting of 1952 (oil on canvas) can be seen in the Dali Museum, St.Petersburg, Florida, USA.
The date of creation of the present lithography is not clear, most likely shortly following the original oil painting due to its extraordinary and costly manufacturing.
That lithography using multicolor layering and relief tossing (carborundum) technology for vivid appearance and extraordinary depth of field shouldn't be confused with those many cheap reproductions on previously signed blank sheets offered in the internet.
Originally signed on the sheet by Dali (lower right) and numbered 163/300 by pencil.
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