# Salvador Dali, Melting Clock Persistence of Memory Figurine with Stand SD16

## A Soft Watch You Can Lift Off: The Dali Melting Clock Statue with Stand

This **Dali Melting Clock statue with stand** isolates the limp pocket watch from The Persistence of Memory (1931). The clock drapes over a black base. It measures 4 in H x 3.25 in W x 2.1 in D, base included.

**Salvador Dali** painted that picture at twenty-seven, and the watch became the emblem of Surrealism. A magnet holds the clock to its base, so you can lift it off and handle it.

### Product Details

-   **Material:** Resin, hand finished in matte
-   **Dimensions:** 4 in H x 3.25 in W x 2.1 in D including base
-   **Weight:** 1.5 lbs
-   **Stand:** Black base, clock attached by magnet and removable
-   **License:** Produced with permission of the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation
-   **Collection:** Parastone Museum Collection, The Netherlands
-   **Product number:** SD16

## What Dali Said About the Watch

Dali later explained that the soft watches came from a Camembert cheese melting in the sun. The painting is tiny, only 9.5 in x 13 in. The Museum of Modern Art acquired it in 1934.

Critics read the limp watches as a symbol of the relativity of time. Dali himself denied that Einstein inspired them and spoke instead of his theory of softness and hardness.

## The Shore Behind the Clock

The painting sets its watches on a barren shore drawn from Catalonia. The rocks at right depict the cliffs of Cap de Creus, near Dali's home at Port Lligat.

At the center lies a fleshy, sleeping creature with long eyelashes, often read as a soft self-portrait. One orange watch, crawling with ants, does not melt at all. For Dali, ants stood for decay.

## Why a Base and a Magnet?

The black base presents the clock like a museum object, and the matte resin looks dry and chalky. Lift this magnetic melting watch figurine off the base, and you feel the soft folds the painting only suggests.

On a desk, the surrealist clock on black base keeps the painting's riddle in sight. A Persistence of Memory desk sculpture of this size suits a bookshelf as well.

Prefer a smaller piece without a base? See the [Dali Melting Clock figurine](https://www.museumize.com/products/dali-melting-clock-figurine) in glossy resin. More Surrealist pieces wait in the [Dali, Magritte and Surrealism Collection](https://www.museumize.com/collections/artist-dali-magritte-surrealism), and our [Parastone Museum Replicas](https://www.museumize.com/collections/parastone-museum-replicas) cover many periods.

## Display and Care

At 1.5 lbs, the base keeps the Dali Melting Clock statue with stand steady on a desk or shelf. Keep the matte resin out of direct sun. Dust it with a soft dry brush. Keep it away from damp air.

## Salvador Dali in Brief

Dali lived from 1904 to 1989 and was born in Figueres, Catalonia. Around 1930 he developed his paranoiac-critical method, a way of summoning irrational images that he said he controlled. The Dali Melting Clock statue with stand carries the best known of them.

## For More Reading from the Web

-   See the painting and learn how Dali drew on his native Catalan coast. [Salvador Dali. The Persistence of Memory, 1931 - MoMA Learning](https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/salvador-dali-the-persistence-of-memory-1931/)
-   Read how The Persistence of Memory came to be so famous. [The Persistence of Memory - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory)

## Details

- **Price:** 64.0 USD
- **Vendor:** Parastone
- **Type:** Statues
- **Tags:** artist-dali-magritte-surrealism, era-modern-art, size-small-4-to-11-inches, statues

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 64.00 USD | In stock |

## Images

- Salvador Dali, Melting Clock Persistence of Memory Figurine with Stand SD16
- Melting time clock from Persistence of Memory by Dali, Parastone Museum
- Salvador Dali, Melting Clock Persistence of Memory Figurine with Stand SD16
- Licensed replica Dali Melting Clock from Persistence of Memory
- Back view shows Dali Clock as figurine for sculpture collection by Parastone
- Original painting by Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931

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> Updated: 2026-10-31