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SUMMARY:a-rare-salvador-dali-for-schiaparelli-telephone-dial-compact-1935 -
  Date de vente : 08/12/2020
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : A rare Salvador Dali for Schiaparelli ’Telephon
 e Dial’ compact\, 1935\n\n\nunsigned\, ’Made in France’ to the inter
 ior\, the off-white enamelled lid with blank brass nameplate\, printed num
 erals and letters in red and black\, with engine-turned back\, the interio
 r with bevelled mirror and powder sifter\, 8.5cm\, 3 1/4in diam\n\nThe des
 ign of this compact in 1935 marks the first collaboration between Elsa Sch
 iaparelli and Salvador Dali. That same year saw the opening of Maison Schi
 aparelli at 21\, Place Vendôme\, Paris. An identical example (with red nu
 mbers\, and black letters) held in the Schiaparelli archive remarks\,: ’
 Dali stated in his memoirs that the Paris of the 1930s was marked ’’no
 t by the debates of the surrealists in the café in Place Blanche\, or by 
 the suicide of my great friend René Crevel\, but by the fashion house tha
 t Elsa Schiaparelli was to open in Place Vendôme. There\, morphological p
 henomena took place\; there\, the fiery tongue of the Holy Spirit of Dali 
 touched down’’ (The Secret Life of Salvador Dali\, 1942). \n\nAn examp
 le in black can be seen via their website here: <http://www.schiaparelli.c
 om/en/maison-schiaparelli/schiaparelli-and-the-artists/salvador-dali/schia
 parelli-telephone-dial-powder-compact>\n8.5cm\, 3 1/4in diam\n
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