Enrique Sabater was Salvador Dali's secretary, accountant, driver, advisor, confidant, and, perhaps most importantly, best friend.
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| Sabater (left) Dali (right) |
Sabater's duties included things from dealings of the artist's payments, managing Dali's studio, to running out on various errands. When Dali was at the height of his career he gave Sabater a rare, ecletic, collection of sketches, photographs, engravings, and watercolors. Sabater has now curated a personal show, on view through May 10, of various items from his collection of gifts from Dali at Paris' Escape Dali exhibit.
"Some of the best years of my life." - Sabater, when questioned on his time with Dali.
Below are just a few examples from the collection. The works may be a tad outside the realm of Dali's usual body of work, yet the collection still comes across intriguing if only for Sabater's affection for Dali - an exhibition showing a real nostalgia for a lost friend.
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| This piece features a drawing of a philosopher eating a shoe. |
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| Dalí in his studio in front of the first stages of "Hallucinogenic Toreador," 1968 |
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| A Dalí inscribed lithograph, "Helen of Troy," to Sabater. |
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A Christmas card from Dalí to Sabater. The card comes from the line of holiday cards that Dalí designed
for the Spanish pharmaceutical company Hoechst Iberia. |
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Dalí did this ink and watercolor piece on the title page of
"The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí." |
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Salvador Dalí and Enrique Sabater pictured in Paris in 1979,
when Dalí was inducted into France's Fine Arts Academy. |
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| Dali and his wife Gala, 1980 |
