Some Dali Memorabilia I Especially Like . . .

 Dali on paper

'I just can't part with these!'

Every collector has certain items he or she finds especially interesting or appealing. Sometimes we don't really know why. We just know we love 'em and can't part with 'em! 😏

 

Here are just two from my Dali Memorabilia collection I'm especially fond of . . .

 

 

The print version of Beyond magazine, published twice annually by New York's St. Regis Hotel, is rare. You can find it easily enough online, but hard copies of this high-quality publication are very hard to come by. (I actually know of no other Dali enthusiast in my circle of friends and colleagues who has a copy.)

 

There's something so much more satisfying to me to have a traditional print issue vs. a digital impression of this glossy magazine, which features a multi-page photo-feature on Dali in Manhattan. The Maestro and Gala, of course, resided at the opulent St. Regis for decades during the winter season.

 

 

 

I've also always loved this booklet on Salvador Dali's work with holography in general and Dr. Dennis Gabor in particular. There are two versions of this publication, to my knowledge; the other features simply a white cover with "Dali" printed in black. 

The version shown here is comparatively scarce and comparatively valuable. I just loved it when it was first announced that Dali was holding the first ever world exposition of the unique holograms he'd conceived in the 1970s. Always fascinated by optical illusion, Dali delved at this time into both holography and, slightly later, stereoscopy.

 [The best places to enjoy original Dali art are the Dali Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.]