Re: Salvador Dalí and Sundials

[Richard Langley]

Thanks, Frans. It looks like Dalí's Paris dial was based on this one in
Cadaqués, predating it by 2 years. I wonder if there are any other Dalí dials
of the same style? And thanks for pointing out the Dalí anagram -- I had
missed that.
By the way, the small fishing village of Portlligat (the site of the Dalí
paianting) is just next door to Cadaqués.
-- Richard
P.S. Sorry for the earlier typo on the Fredericton Dalí painting; of course it
should have been Santiago El Grande.
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Frans W. Maes wrote:

>Hi Richard & all,
>
>There is a picture of a Dali dial (:-) in the site of Andreas Hänel from
>Osnabrück (in German):
>http://www.physik.uni-osnabrueck.de/~ahaenel/sonnuhr/
>Scroll to Spanien/Katalonien - Cadaques.
>
>It is dated 1966. Judging from the hour line pattern, the dial is
>east-declining by 60° or so. The pole-style possibly suffered from some
>'restoration'.
>
>The site does not give additional information. Note the disclaimer that some
>attributions may be incorrect.
>
>Cadaqués is a village on the east coast of Spain, close to the French border
>and close to Dali's native town Figueras.
>
>Regards,
>Frans Maes
>53.1N 6.5E
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Langley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de>
>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:08 PM
>Subject: Salvador Dalí and Sundials
>
>
>While on a recent holiday in southern Florida, my wife and I visited the
>Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg <http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/>.
>Currently running is the exhibition "Dalí Centennial: An American
>Collection"
>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?
>
>Of course, Dalí was no stranger to sundials as witnessed by his famous
>sundial
>at 27, rue Saint-Jacques, Paris 5ème arrondissement
><http://www2.iap.fr/saf/csmp/arr5n/centrea51.html> constructed in 1968.
>
>The image on the sundial bears a bit of a resemblance to his 1966 painting
>"Self Portrait Sundial"
><http://www.elainefineart.com/dali/self_portrait_sundial.htm>
>
>Are there any other Dalí sundials -- real or painted?
>
>-- Richard Langley
>
>P.S. Fredericton is home to Dalí's huge Satiago El Grande. It is on
>permanent display in the city's Beaverbrook Art Gallery
><http://www.beaverbrookartgallery.org/>, one of 4 Dalí paitings it owns. The
>gallery was a gift to New Brusnwick from its native son Lord Beaverbrook
>(Sir
>Max Aitken) who served in the wartime cabinet of Winston Churchill. Lord
>Beaverbrook was chancellor of my university from 1947 until his death in
>1964.
>
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 Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
 Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering    Phone:    +1 506 453-5142
 University of New Brunswick                   Fax:      +1 506 453-4943
 Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3
     Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
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