Triumphant Elephant | Salvador Dali sculpture

Triumphant Elephant, limited edition Salvador Dali sculpture.

The elephant, Dalí’s iconoclastic symbol of the future and one of his favourite images, is often depicted atop mosquito-like legs, emphasising the contrast between robustness and fragility, much like the contrast between the past and modernity.  The animal’s jewelled saddle symbolises wealth, and the dawn of a new era is announced by a flying angel, trumpeting success and prosperity.  Dalí’s elephant exemplifies every individual’s hope for abundance and good fortune in the future.

Date: conceived in 1975, first cast in 1984

Height: 53cm

Base: 31cm x 21cm

Material: bronze

Technique: lost wax process

Edition size: 350 + 35 EA

Patina: green

Maquette: original gouache, ʺTriumphant Elephantʺ, 1975