Salvador DALI Monumental Collection sold to Carlos Slim's Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
(04/10/08)
Largest Salvador Dali sculpture transaction completed. 38 Dali bronzes placed within the Slim collection
R&R BOND GALLERIES, the premier location for the viewing and purchase of Salvador Dali sculpture in the world has recently placed one of the most important collections of monumental sculpture by Spanish Master Salvador DALI into the collection of Carlos Slim Helú (#2 on the FORBES 500- http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Carlos-Slim-Helu-family_WYDJ.html)

A collection of 19 Monumental bronzes including, "Space Venus", "Dance of Time", "Space Elephant", "Cabinet Anthropomorphic", "Venus Giraffe", "Profil du Temps" and others were placed along with 19 collector-scale bronzes such as "Surrealist Piano", "Surrealist Warrior", "St. George & the Dragon", "Horse Saddled with Time" and others. This marks the largest single acquisition of Salvador Dali sculptures to date, 38 bronzes. The collection was placed as part of R&R Bond's efforts to create a bridge into the 21st century for the works of Dali, as we prepare for the 2009 release of the Salvador Dali biopic, "Dali & I: The Surreal Story", with international superstar Al Pacino in the title role.

Mr. Slim will be placing many of these works in the new Museo Soumaya whose design was recently completed by renowned Mexican Architect Fernando Romero and the Laboratory of Architecture who also completed Mr. Slim's Grupo Inbursa Headquarters and Casa Telmex in Mexico City. (www.lar-fernandoromero.com) During construction, which is set for completion in 2010, Mr. Slim will display the works throughout Mexico City as a cultural and historic exposition on this major Spanish visionary whose work formed the psychological, scientific and aesthetic basis of much of 20th and 21st Century art. ( http://www.museosoumaya.com.mx/)

Mr. Slim has now obtained nearly 50 works from R&R Bond Galleries over the past 5 years of relations. With clients on the FORBES and FORTUNE 500 lists, museums and other prominent international institutions, as well as over 18,000 private and corporate clients world-wide, R&R BOND GALLERIES is the perfect venue for the security and confidence collectors of rare and monumental sculptures require. Salvador Dali, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Arman and many more masters. Prices start from $6,500 and ascend to over $7,000,000. USD. http://www.rrbondgalleries.com.

Museo Soumaya
http://www.museosoumaya.com.mx/

The challenge of this visionary project is that it will become the first Art Museum in Mexico city with such an avant-garde form, breaking by this with all the paradigms in our country. It will also create a state-of-the-art facility to house and display artwork that meets the standard of International Art Institutions. There will be an auditorium, library, offices, a restaurant and gathering lounge. Intermediate levels are open to each other in a continuous volume, but partially separated by enclosed areas, making all spaces unique in their shape and form. The average floor to ceiling height also varies at each level, from 4 meters to nearly 10 meters at its highest point. The subterranean structure will have four underground levels of parking below two underground levels of storage and restoration labs. The work to be exposed contains amongst others, the second biggest collection of Rodin sculptures in the world, several authors of medieval and renaissance art, impressionist painters, etc.

Text: http://www.lar-fernandoromero.com/

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