Salvador DALÍ – Autograph manuscript signed on his Genius.
"Since my early childhood, I've played at being a genius , and I became one!"
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"Since my early childhood, I've played at being a genius , and I became one!"
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Salvador Dalí (1904.1989)
Autograph manuscript signed.
A folio page in blue ink.
No place of publication. December 17, 1955 (date in another hand in the lower left corner)
An extraordinary manuscript summarizing Dalí's entire personality in a few lines.
Since my early childhood I have played at wanting to be a genius and I have become one! Dalí 1955.
Dalí responds here to a survey conducted in 1955 among various artists, and affirms his genius in response to the two questions posed:
1) Has life fulfilled the promises of your childhood?
2) Did you succeed in your work?
We are attaching the small handwritten draft of these two questions.
Note: For easier reading, we have translated Dalí's phonetic spelling into French; here is the original version, faithful to the text: "Since my tender childhood I have wanted to be a genius and I have become one!"
Splendid and imposing signature of Dali projecting a myriad of inks.