Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia, Novia, painted circa 1916-17

Property from an Important Private British Collection

Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha, Eye with Fluid, executed in 1968

La leçon de musique, painted in 1965

Property From a Private Distinguished Collection

René Magritte

René Magritte, La leçon de musique, painted in 1965

The Christensen Family Collection

Salvador Dalí

As part of the exploration of the fantastical worlds that Surrealism continues to inhabit, Sotheby’s invited Daniel Roseberry, the creative director of Schiaparelli to paint a picture of the impact the movement had in the fashion world. The Haute Couture house has a long history of strikingly surreal designs, with its founder Elsa Schiaparelli having been a friend of artists including Salvador Dali and Man Ray.

Surrealism at Schiaparelli

Daniel Roseberry on the Heritage of Surrealism at Schiaparelli

Paris

Co Head of Department | Modern &amp; Contemporary Art

Thomas Bompard

Vice President, France | Senior Director | Head of Department Impressionist & Modern Art

Aurélie Vandevoorde

Department Coordinator | Impressionist & Modern Art

Thibault Mandon

Cataloguer, Impressionist & Modern Art

Joséphine Viat

Pre-sale experience coordinator, Impressionist & Modern Art

Polina Kozlova

Associate Cataloguer, Contemporary Art

Armance Gay

Expertise Liaison Junior, Impressionist & Modern Art

Constance Bertrand

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Dada and Surrealism transformed chaos into beauty, contradiction into poetry, darkness into imagery and the impossible into the possible. In today’s increasingly complex, contradictory and multipolar world, the legacy of Surrealism resonates more because it embraces these contradictions instead of resolving them.

Surrealism & Its Legacy