Horloge 1971

"Horloge" is a 1971 work by Salvador Dalí that is characteristic of his Surrealist style. The piece depicts a clock with distorted hands and numerals, its face broken up into a series of circular compartments, each containing a fantastical image. The scene, reminiscent of a dream, is rendered in a loose, almost scribbled style, with a sense of both whimsy and disquiet. The iconic clockface, with its distorted proportions and dreamlike imagery, speaks to Dalí's fascination with the passage of time and the subconscious mind.