The Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí might be best known for painting melting clocks, but he also designed a sundial. Above Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, which has a lot of sundials by the way, is “Le Cadran de Dalí“, a curious-looking piece of art (complete with Dalí’s signature in the bottom right hand corner) that was unveiled by the artist himself in 1966. The shell face is a reference to the scallop symbol of St. Jacques de Compostella Pilgrimage (also known as the Way of St. James), for whom the street is named. And for an artist who had a thing for time pieces, surprisingly, the sundial does not work.
Salvador Dalí’s Sundials “Le Cadran de Dalí“ in Paris
