Mighty 20th century symbolism for a truly contemporary masterpiece pen.

Mighty 20^th century symbolism.
Montegrappa presents its latest writing instruments collection, inspired by a Salvador Dalí masterpiece – “Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man” –  oil on canvas, 1943.

Following the warmly-received Salvador Dalí pens commemorating the Spanish surrealist’s 1944 work, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening, and the second, the Surrealista, inspired by the 1938 masterpiece, Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, Montegrappa proudly announces the third pen in the series.

For the latest pen, Montegrappa has been stirred by his masterpiece, Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man. This remarkable painting, oil on canvas, was produced in 1943. Says the Dalí museum, the artist had broken with Surrealism, reacting against the abstraction of modern art, and had turned to the Renaissance for inspiration.

Geopoliticus Child reflected the newfound importance America held for the world and for Dalí. The man breaking from the egg emerges out of the “new” nation, America, signalling a global transformation. An androgynous older figure stands in the foreground and points to the emerging man, acknowledging the birth of this global transformation. The cowering child with its long shadow – the “Geopoliticus Child” of the title – represents this new age.

The Geopoliticus Child Pen
The collection consists of a fountain pen and a rollerball pen, in lush green resin and trimmed with either Sterling Silver or 18kGold trim. The personalised nib is fashioned in 18k Gold. The cap top bears the Dalí signature, but the clip is the heart of the design of the pen: its form bears the central feature of this masterpiece.

The pen has been issued in a limited edition consisting of 333 fountain pens and 333 rollerballs with Sterling Silver trim, and 18 rollerballs and 20 fountain pens with solid 18k Gold trim, representing the size of the actual artwork of 18 x 20 1/2in.

About Montegrappa and the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí
Montegrappa’s proud association with the works of this renowned artist has been supervised and licensed by the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, the cultural institution created by Salvador Dalí himself in 1983. The Fundació runs the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, which presents the most comprehensive collection of the artist’s work, the Gala Dalí Castle-Museum in Púbol and the Salvador Dalí house in Port Lligat, Cadaqués.