HYLAND
of particularly uncomfortable rocks near his house in
Cadaques. Another even stranger creation by Dali is "Xai"
a woolly lamb—which, pace Damien Hirst, owes much
to the taxidermist's art--with a drawer, equally woolly,
projecting from the lamb's side. Bd has launched a limited
edition of twenty lamb tables, each with bronze shoes. In
the 1990s a group of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set
themselves the fascinating task of turning furniture Dali
had drawn for Jean-Michel Frank into reality. The "Leda"
chair and low table, taken from the painting "Femme a
la tete rose" (1935) were first made into prototypes by
sculptor Joaquim Camps, then produced exclusively by
Vis-a-vis de gala