Dalí’s relationship with the world of haute couture began in the 1930’s and lasted throughout his lifetime. In this sculpture, Dalí  pays tribute to figures who influenced his art: Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli and model Amanda Lear. Schiaparelli was a regular collaborator, together they devised surrealist creation such as the Shoe Hat (1937) and the provocative Lobster Dress (1937) famously worn by Wallis Simpson, prior to het marriage to the Duke of Windsor.

This remarkable sensual Venus pose in the stance of a supermodel, her head a bouquet of roses. Before her kneels a courtier, a dandy paying homage to his muse. Both figures lean on staff for support, the staff or crutch a reoccurring Dalinian symbol.

The male child figure recalls Dalí’s 1934 painting The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table. The two artworks having striking similarities, identical kneeling position, the cane, the period costume; Dalí was a great admirer of the Duch master Johannes Vermeer.