'Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea' by Salvador Dali (after), 2020
Officially titled ' Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at a distance of 20 meters is transformed into the portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)'.
Limited Edition Triptych Skateboard deck set based on Dali's groundbreaking original artwork from 1976
8 x 31.25 Inches each.
Screen print on (3x) 7-ply Canadian Maple hardwood skate deck.
Limited Edition of 100 (Sold Out).
Salvador Dali plate-signed with title and logo on deck top.
New and individually shrink wrapped with Sk8 of the Art COA.

*Note: Skate Deck wall hangers sold separately.

ABOUT THE ART

'Lincoln in Dalivision' was created based on the Salvador Dalí painting 'Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which, at a distance of 20 meters, is transformed into the portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)'. Dalí painted two original versions of this painting spanning from 1974 – 1976, which are similar but not exactly the same. The first resides in the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, Spain. The second resides in the permanent collection of The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

This painting is the basis for the 'Lincoln in Dalivision' lithograph. Prior to the acquisition by The Salvador Dalí Museum, the painting resided in Japan. The second version was exhibited for the first time at the Guggenheim Museum in the summer of 1976.

Dalí's paintings 'Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at a distance of 20 meters is transformed into the portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)', and the original Lincoln in Dalivision lithographs produced from these paintings were some of the first examples of the photomosaic artistic approach by a recognized artist.

The Recognition of Faces by Leon Harmon (Scientific American, November 1973) was the first published work on photomosaic concepts. Harmon was a Bell Labs researcher who had been developing this concept, and the first image in this article was the well-recognized portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the U.S. five dollar bill made from a collection of solid gray mosaics. Dalí began his first painting that led to 'Lincoln in Dalivision' in 1974 and finished the version that would be used for 'Lincoln in Dalivision' in 1976. Harmon's Lincoln mosaic was the basis for all of Dalí's Lincoln photomosaics, which is evident by comparing the solid gray mosaics from Harmon's paper and the final works of art by Dalí.

Dalí's paintings 'Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at a distance of 20 meters is transformed into the portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)' was completed in 1976 and displayed at The Guggenheim in New York during the US Bicentennial in 1976. 'Lincoln in Dalivision was originally intended for release in the same year, but was not finalized until 1977.