Wednesday, 4th February 2004 (5123 views)

On the fifteenth year since Salvador Dali's death the Spanish state has inherited the famous surrealist assets and advertising rights, including an array of stunning gold jewellery.

The collection will be managed by the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation, which has been involved with Dali's oeuvre since 1995.

First established in 1983 by the famous surrealist himself, the foundation was designed to 'promote' and 'protect' what he termed his 'artistic, cultural and intellectual' heritage.

Now the Foundation is charged by the state with keeping this legacy alive, including the stunning collection of gold jewellery.

The Foundation has procured 37 gold items of jewellery and precious stones from the Owen Cheatham Foundation collection, which were first fashioned in 1941.

Designed by Salvador Dali with his usual precise instructions, the jewels were made up in New York by the Argentinean-born silversmith Carlos Alemany under the supervision of the artist.

The collection of works collated by Dali between 1932 and 1970 is now on show in the Dali Jewels exhibition close to the Dali theatre-museum.

 

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