Where Surrealism Meets the Silver Screen: Dalí & Disney's Destino
Once upon a time..Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney conceived a partnership to bring together two masters of Surrealism to create a short-form film featuring the mind bending visuals of the European master and the unmistakeable whimsical animated styling of Walt Disney. This etching titled "Fifty-Three" serves as the ultimate Disney souvenir from their collaboration. Titled after the proposed storyboard #53, which depicts in visual overture ,the story of ill-fated love between the god Chronos and a mortal woman. The composition drawls the viewer's eye across a desert floor towards architectural forms and liquifying objects that seem to blur the line between the physical and metaphysical. Executed as an etching after the original storyboard, this piece is printed on museum quality archival paper that bears the "Destino" blind stamp in place of the signature.
Because the project was only brought to life by Disney Studios in 2003, this etching represents a bridge between the original vision of the two masters and the doggedness of Roy Disney and the animators of Walt Disney Studios. After completion of the award wining animated short a series of Fine Art prints were executed in editions of 300 featuring choice scenes from epic love story, giving the same permanence to Dalí's contribution as the film did to Disney's.
- Artist: Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney
- Title: Fifty-Three
- Medium: Etching
- Edition: 160/300
- Signature: Destino Blind Stamp
- Paper Size: 23" x 24"
- Paper Type: Archival Wove
- Frame Size: 27¼" x 31¾" x 2"
- Publisher: Disney Fine Art
Includes COA from Gold & Silver Pawn Shop