MULETAS FLOOR LAMP BY SALVADOR DALÍ 1937

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MULETAS FLOOR LAMP
BY SALVADOR DALÍ 1937

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DALÍ COLLECTION

BEIGE LINEN SATIN LAMPSHADE
LIMEWOOD BLEACHED OR VARNISHED

IN H 73.6 W 17.7 D 17.7 SH 15.7
CM H 187 W 45 D 45 SH 40

HANDCRAFTED IN SPAIN BY BD BARCELONA

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The Muletas Lamp explores Dalí’s enduring fascination with the uncanny, the unexpected, and the psychologically charged object. Originally drawn by Dalí for Jean-Michel Frank, the design was later brought into three-dimensional form by Oscar Tusquets in collaboration with Robert Descharnes, translating Dalí’s symbolic language into a functional work of designThe lamp’s structure branches upward through a vertical assembly of interlinked crutches, bound together like skeletal forms. Executed in pale varnished lime wood or bleached wood, the composition asserts a strong architectural presence while maintaining a sense of fragility and tension. Light diffuses softly from behind the folds of a draped beige linen shade, accentuating the rhythmic geometry of the supporting elements and reinforcing the contrast between structure and surface

The crutch is one of Dalí’s most persistent motifs, appearing repeatedly in works such as The Dream (1937) and The Burning Giraffe (1937). For Dalí, the crutch symbolized what he described as “the significance of life and death… a support for inadequacy,” embodying themes of dependence, vulnerability, and psychological instability. In the Muletas Lamp, this charged symbol is elevated into a vertical totem, allowing Surrealist imagery to inhabit a contemporary domestic environment

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BIOGRAPHY

Salvador Dalí

Born Figueres, Spain, 1904

A Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, and designer, Dalí was the most important figure of the Surrealist moment and among the most prolific artists of the twentieth century. He developed a singular visual language that fused hyper-precise realism with dream logic, drawing on psychoanalysis, symbolism, and obsessional imagery to explore time, desire, and the subconscious. The power and originality of his work is just as immediate and impressive today

While Dalí is best known for his paintings, his practice extended far beyond the canvas. He was deeply engaged with design and the applied arts, collaborating on furniture, interiors, jewelry, fashion, stage sets, and commercial objects. In 1930s Paris, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in varied disciplines to move beyond the study of pictorial art. He collaborated with designers like Jean-Michel Frank to transform his imagery into three dimensional forms. Iconic works and his surreal interiors, some realized and others only conceived, reimagined everyday objects as psychologically charged forms infused with his signature glamour, wit, and existential humor , collapsing the boundary between art and design

In the 1990s, a team of experts led by architect and designer Oscar Tusquets brought Dalí’s sketches and designs to life. Working with Tusquets, a longtime friend of Dalí, the design firm BD Barcelona entered into a formal collaboration with the Gala–Salvador Dalí Foundation to act as the authorized editor, manufacturer, and steward of his design works, which it retains today

In discussing the process of creating editions of Dalí’s unrealized and unique works, Tusquets explained, “Dalí filled entire notebooks with sketches for various furniture designs he would have like to see in the cinema, used as advertising props or have in his own house. These were strange objects, high in symbolic content and with refined forms, which he would have enjoyed having around him. Salvador and I discussed the possibility of producing some of those Surrealist designs, which, for various reasons, he had been unable to make. From the hundreds of drawings in the archives of his foundation, BD began the production of a series of the most viable items of Dalí’s furniture

Rather than treating Dalí’s concepts, drawings, and prototypes as historical curiosities, BD Barcelona approaches them as functional design works, translating Dalí’s conceptual and sculptural ideas into collectible objects suitable for contemporary interiors. BD Barcelona has played a key role in preserving, contextualizing, and disseminating Dalí’s design legacy internationally, presenting his furniture in museums, galleries, and design fairs as part of the canon of 20th-century design history

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MULETAS FLOOR LAMP

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E27 SOCKET
100W
230V
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Biography

Salvador Dalí

Born Figueres, Spain, 1904

A Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, and designer, Dalí was the most important figure of the Surrealist moment and among the most prolific artists of the twentieth century. He developed a singular visual language that fused hyper-precise realism with dream logic, drawing on psychoanalysis, symbolism, and obsessional imagery to explore time, desire, and the subconscious. The power and originality of his work is just as immediate and impressive today

While Dalí is best known for his paintings, his practice extended far beyond the canvas. He was deeply engaged with design and the applied arts, collaborating on furniture, interiors, jewelry, fashion, stage sets, and commercial objects. In 1930s Paris, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in varied disciplines to move beyond the study of pictorial art. He collaborated with designers like Jean-Michel Frank to transform his imagery into three dimensional forms. Iconic works and his surreal interiors, some realized and others only conceived, reimagined everyday objects as psychologically charged forms infused with his signature glamour, wit, and existential humor , collapsing the boundary between art and design

In the 1990s, a team of experts led by architect and designer Oscar Tusquets brought Dalí’s sketches and designs to life. Working with Tusquets, a longtime friend of Dalí, the design firm BD Barcelona entered into a formal collaboration with the Gala–Salvador Dalí Foundation to act as the authorized editor, manufacturer, and steward of his design works, which it retains today

In discussing the process of creating editions of Dalí’s unrealized and unique works, Tusquets explained, “Dalí filled entire notebooks with sketches for various furniture designs he would have like to see in the cinema, used as advertising props or have in his own house. These were strange objects, high in symbolic content and with refined forms, which he would have enjoyed having around him. Salvador and I discussed the possibility of producing some of those Surrealist designs, which, for various reasons, he had been unable to make. From the hundreds of drawings in the archives of his foundation, BD began the production of a series of the most viable items of Dalí’s furniture

Rather than treating Dalí’s concepts, drawings, and prototypes as historical curiosities, BD Barcelona approaches them as functional design works, translating Dalí’s conceptual and sculptural ideas into collectible objects suitable for contemporary interiors. BD Barcelona has played a key role in preserving, contextualizing, and disseminating Dalí’s design legacy internationally, presenting his furniture in museums, galleries, and design fairs as part of the canon of 20th-century design history

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