#38 • Salvador Dalí "Trajano a Caballo" Bronze Sculpture

Part of March 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,200.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

Patinated bronze sculpture by artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989), titled "Trajan "or "Trajano a Caballo (Trajan on Horseback)". Piece depicts Trajan, the Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty, on his mighty steed with his arm raised in salute, shrouded in a billowing cape, the bottom edge of which is signed by the artist. "Trajan" is part of the Clot Collection, an approximately forty-four sculpture assemblage created by Dalí between the late 1960s and early 1980s at his home in Port Lligat, Spain, while sitting by his swimming pool, modelling malleable wax in the hot sun. Once finished, the wax sculptures were taken to the bronze foundry Diejasa, ran by friend Isidro Clot, hence the name The Clot Collection. From the deluxe edition of 375, the sculpture is numbered D-18-375 on the underbelly of the horse. Mounted on a rectangular green marble base, it measures approximately 6.5" x 4.5" x 8" tall.