Salvador Dalí
(1904-1989)

It's well-know that one of Dalis more obsessive fetishes is the snail,
because it incoporates the paradox of softness (the animal), with hardness (the shell).
The snail is the symbol of slow passing of time.

Postcard  -  Foto:Xavier Miserachs

Salvador Dalí  -  1958


 Postcard
Casa Salvador Dali  -  Port Lligat  -  Cadaqués  -  Spain

Picture made by myself  -   September 2005

looking for this object on the postcard left

1967  -  Woman with Snail  -  Copper etching  -  15 x 11 inches

L'Escargot et l'Ange  -  17,3 x 23,6 x 13,8 inches

From the Dali-museum  -  Montmartre  -  Paris
picture made by Wil Lagerweij  -  2007 

From the Dali-museum  -  Montmartre  -  Paris
picture made by Wil Lagerweij  -  2007 

1974  -  Venus on a Shell  -  Bronze  -  5¼ x 3½ inches

1967  -  Nude with Snail Breasts  -  Dali Illustrates Casanova

1967  -  Oysters and Nude  -  Dali Illustrates Casanova


Postcard
1938  -  The Sublime Moment  -  Staatsgalerie Stuttgart  -  38 x 47 cm.
 

Postcard
1949  -  Madonna of Port Lligat  -  Museum of Art  -  Wisconsain  -  49 x 38 cm.