THE SALVADOR DALI SCULPTURE, THE 'NOBILITY OF TIME' HAS BEEN PLACED IN ANDORA'S CAPITAL CITY, IN THE PIAZZA ROTONDA ANDORRA LA VELLA. IT WAS DONATED TO THE ANDORRAN GOVERNMENT BY ENRIC SABATER, WHO WAS DALI'S AGENT, COLLABORATOR AND CONFIDENT BETWEEN 1968 AND 1982. THE STUNNING FIVE METER HIGH SCULPTURE HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE CITY'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND HISTORIC SQUARE, IN THE TOWNS OLDEST QUARTER WHICH DATES FROM THE 12th CENTURY. THE BRONZE SCULPTURE IS ONE OF THE MELTED WATCH SERIES OF SCULPTURES WHICH WAS CREATED BY DALI TO SYMBOLIZE THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THE SOFT MELTING WATCH IS DRAPED AROUND A TREE TRUNK; ATOP THE WATCH FACE IS A CROWN, SYMBOLIZING TIME'S MASTER OVER HUMANITY. BANIAMINO LEVI, PRESIDENT OF THE STRATTON FOUNDATION AND CURATOR OF OVER EIGHT DALI EXHIBITIONS WORLDWIDE, HAS EXPRESSED HIS APPROVAL OF THE DONATION AND IS DELIGHTED THAT THE SCULPTURE IS NOW THE MAIN ARTISTIC ATTRACTION IN ANDORRA LA VELLA.
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