MULETAS SCULPTURE-LAMP

The Muletas Lamp explores Dalí’s obsession with the uncanny, surprising and novel.

Drawn by Dalí for Jean Michel Frank, Oscar Tusquets and Robert Descharnes brought the design to life. It branches upwards with a set of linking crutches bound like bones. Available in pale varnished lime wood or bleached, it has a powerful presence and illuminates behind the folds of its draped beige linen shade.

Dalí was obsessed with the crutch, and it has frequently appeared in his paintings such as The Dream (1937), and The Burning Giraffe (1937). He found it to be "the significance of life and death...a support for inadequacy."

Crutches rise up to the lamp, and the piece is an excellent example of Dalí’s art explored in a functional and contemporary environment.

In 2009, BD commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the death of Salvador Dalí with a limited-edition ‘black label’ series of his collection. It has a powerful presence and illuminates behind the folds of its draped black chiffon shade.