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Medal
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)
Spanish and struck at Paris mint
1966
Mint: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki
Accession Number1970.245
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal. Stamped on edge "BR".
Obverse: Sem-nude bacchante at proper right, playing wind instrument and dancing before a seim-nude woman at proper left; inscribed in script below "DALI 1966".
Reverse: Male blowing a trumpet while riding a unicorn over a skull (possibly of a horse); appears to have intentional flaws in cast across surface.
Obverse: Sem-nude bacchante at proper right, playing wind instrument and dancing before a seim-nude woman at proper left; inscribed in script below "DALI 1966".
Reverse: Male blowing a trumpet while riding a unicorn over a skull (possibly of a horse); appears to have intentional flaws in cast across surface.
Marks
Stamped on edge "BR".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in script "DALI 1966".
ProvenanceBy 1970, Dr. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki; 1970, gift of Dr. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 11, 1970)
Copyright© 2011 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.