Senicitas

Senicitas, 1928

Author: Salvador Dalí
Print Type: Original Postcard
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Germany
Print Condition: Vintage

Created during Dalí’s formative years, Senicitas—also known as Summer Forces or The Birth of Venus—marks an early step toward his Surrealist vision. Painted between 1927 and 1928, the work juxtaposes fragmented human forms, decaying organic matter, and enigmatic symbols to explore the tension between desire, mortality, and transformation. Its haunting imagery—headless bodies, spectral silhouettes, and traces of ash—suggests both fertility and sterility, love and dissolution, reflecting Dalí’s fascination with the subconscious and the fragility of existence. Retained by the artist throughout his lifetime, this painting embodies the experimental spirit of his transition from classical training to the dreamlike distortions that would define his mature Surrealism. Today, it stands as a pivotal document of Dalí’s search for a personal visual language at the threshold of his artistic breakthrough.

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