Salvador Dali's unpublished diary for sale as Surrealist gems unearthed

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nside the mind of Salvador Dali must have been a strange place to be. We saw snapshots in his artwork; raging ego warping the world to his will. How much more intimate, however, to dive into the pages of his diary.
On April 26, Sotheby's in Paris is set to auction a previously unpublished autograph diary from the master of Surrealism, complete with numerous original drawings, notes and art reviews.
Behind the scenes at Studio 54subconscious extraordinaire are rare access indeed. Penned in black, blue and red ink, his miniscule handwriting details thoughts both lofty and mundane, from impressions on art to lists of expenses. Barely legible, Dali's notes wrap around nudes, horses and other obscure doodles -- there's even room for what looks like a crude penis.
Among what has been deciphered is a page of writing devoted to "cadavres exquis", the address of filmmaker and friend of Surrealists Rene Clair and the name of Corti, a depository of the Surrealists' publications.
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