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Title : Trajan on horseback (s.8846)
Trajano a Caballo
The mounted horse who stumbles
Medium : Original patinated bronze multiple sculpture with 24 carat gold plating , 1974, signed by the atist in the bronze,
Literature: See “Sculptures and objects : Dali – the Hard and the Soft – by Robert and Nicolas Descharnes. Page 201 – Reference 446
Size: 6” x 5”
Cast by: Art Bronzes, San Leandro, California.
Note:. This sculpture by Surrealist master Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) depicts the artist’s vision of Marcus Ulpius Trajan mounted on a sleek warhorse, with the staff of command in his right hand and wearing a crown of laurels. Trajan rides slowly and silently towards his destiny to reign as a just and noble Emperor of Rome.
Edition: 16/500 – Editioned in the bronze.
Large sculptures of this same subject were also made by Bonvicini Foundry
Published by: Dalesart. S.L/Juan Javier Bofill, Collection Barcelona.
