Salvador Dali lithograph (after), ‘Shirley Temple, the Youngest, most sacred monster of the Cinema in her time’ ✓ Signed in the plate – hand signed (after) ✓ Made on heavy Arches paper ✓ Paper size: 65 x 50 cm With the artist’s seal and watermark (approved by the Dali Family Heritage) – Proof of authenticity. This litho carries the number 1101 (MCI) of a limited series of 2000. Extra information on this lithograph : Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time (or Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of Contemporary Cinema), also known as the Barcelona Sphinx, is a 1939 artwork in gouache, pastel and collage on cardboard, by surrealist painter Salvador Dali. It measures 75 cm × 100 cm (29 1⁄2 in × 39 1⁄2 in). It is housed in the Netherlands, at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam’s principal art gallery. The painting depicts the child star Shirley Temple as a sphinx. Shirley Temple’s head, taken from a newspaper photograph, is superimposed on the body of a red lioness with breasts and white claws. On top of the head is a vampire bat. Surrounding the sphinx are a human skull and other bones, suggesting her latest kill. At the bottom of the painting is a trompe-l’oeil label that reads: “Shirley!. at last in Technicolor.” The painting has been described as a satire on the sexualization of child stars by Hollywood. Absolute Mint Condition | Het werk wordt rechtstreeks door de aanbieder opgestuurd: + € 28 verzendingskosten