#80 • Salvador Dalí "Christ of St. John of the Cross" Bronze Sculpture

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

High bid $1,350.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

Patinated bronze sculpture by artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) c.1974, numbered D-36-375 and signed in cast. Piece is titled "Christ de Saint Jean de la Croix" or "Christ of St. John on the Cross", depicting an imposing crucified Christ, balancing on the head of a spiked nail, embedded in a pyramid of stones. "Christ de Saint Jean de la Croix" 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. "Christ de Saint Jean de la Croix" is mounted on a dark marble base with green veins running throughout. It measures approximately 6" x 6" x 15" tall.