Salvador Dalí Sketch, Childhood With Father Riding a Bike 1971 T-Shirt
A late sketch, 1971, of a childhood memory: a father, a bicycle, a boy — drawn loosely, decades after the fact, by a man who had spent his career insisting that memory was the only reliable subject.
Dalí’s relationship with his father was the central wound of his life. He was expelled from the family home in his twenties, and he named his brother — who died before Dalí was born, and whose name he was given — as the reason he spent a lifetime proving he existed. A sketch of a father on a bicycle, made when he was sixty-seven, is therefore not a small thing, whatever the line weight suggests.
Daddy chose this one for the edit himself, and did not explain why, which is answer enough.
The shirt itself is the good kind of basic: combed ring-spun cotton, preshrunk, side-seamed so it hangs straight, taped shoulders so the collar doesn’t twist after the fortieth wash. It fits like the tee you’ve had for ten years, on day one.
Curator’s note
The most personal graphic here and the least loud. Wear it plainly; it is not a conversation starter.
Details
Artwork: Childhood With Father Riding a Bike — Salvador Dalí, sketch, 1971
100% combed ring-spun cotton, 4.3 oz/yd² (heather colours 10% polyester)
Preshrunk 32/1 jersey knit
Crew neck, short sleeves
Side seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder tape, seamed collar
Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems
Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 certified — tested free of harmful substances
How to wear it
Stone, white or heather grey, with denim. Quiet shirt, quiet outfit, no jacket required.
Sizing
Unisex cut, true to size. Women’s sizes are fitted — check the size chart and size up for a looser fit.