which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dalí. One of the
paintings on display is "Noon (Barracks Port Lligat)" which Dalí
painted in 1954 <http://dali.karelia.ru/html/works/1954_07.htm>. The painting
shows a vertical sundial on the wall of the barracks. Can any of our Spanish
colleagues tell us if the building and the sundial still exist?
Sorry about the delay, Richard! As far as I've gathered, and waiting for
the (more authorized answer) of
the Catalan Sundial Society, I haven't found any evidence that this dial
is still there. I am afraid it was
demolished by those speculative building aberrations commited in the
60's and in the 70's.
Are there any other Dalí sundials -- real or painted?
Apart from the one looking half face-half shell in Paris, I haven't seen any
in one of these books called 'Dali's complete graphical work' I've got at home,
but he made so many things and different versions of the same
things, that you can't be sure.
As regards to the instruments carved in Asia for the Jesuites, most of
these instruments must be
in the Vatican Museums or in their main 'headquarters' in Rome... I've
been told that these are really
masterpieces of craftswork, but I haven't seen any of them.
Best regards,
Anselmo
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