Salvador Dali Ten Commandments 20x25 LE 1979 Gold Patina Bas-Relief Sculpture #118/350

Piece measures approximately 20" x 25.5" in size. Mounted and ready to hang. Limited edition numbered 118/350. Signed in the mold by Dali from his original plaster.

The work depicts Moses as he receives the Commandments. The sky opens with lightning. His followers are beneath the tablets lettered in Hebrew.

 

The work of Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is associated with the surrealist movement of the 20th Century. A diverse and multi-talented artist, Dali is considered one of the most collected artists today, and his works offer an incredible opportunity for enormous appreciation in value. In addition to his original works, Dali produced works on paper for reproduction using dry point, etching, woodcut, and lithography. Many of his works are held in prestigious museums, private and public collections world-wide.

According to the Bible, God inscribed the Ten Commandments into stone: "God said to Moses, 'Come up to Me, to the mountain, and remain there. I will give you the stone tablets, the Torah and the commandment that I have written for [the people's] instruction.'" (Exodus 24:12) also referred to as "tables of testimony" (Exodus 24:12, 31:18, 32:16) or "tables of the covenant" (Deuteronomy 9 verses 9, 11, 15), which he gave to Moses. 

 

Traditional Jewish sources (Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael, de-ba-Hodesh 5) discuss the placement of the ten commandments on two tablets. According to Rabbi Hanina ben Gamaliel, five commandments were engraved on the first tablet and five on the other.

Dali sculpted and signed the clay original which was cast at the foundry and published by DALART. The reverse side of the relief bears the publisher mark.

 

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Bas Relief Definition: 

A French term from the Italian basso-relievo ("low relief"), bas relief is a sculpture technique in which figures and/or other design elements are just barely more prominent than the (overall flat) background.

Bas relief is created either by carving away material (wood, stone, ivory, jade, etc.) or adding material to the top of an otherwise smooth surface strips of clay to stone

This is a technique as old as humankind's artistic explorations, and is closely related to high relief.

Pronunciation: bah ree·leef

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