The enigma of William Tell
Cat. no. P 133
The enigma of William Tell
Description
- Date:
- c. 1933
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 201.3 x 346.5 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Inscriptions:
- Inscribed at the base of the architectural structure: L'ENIGME DE GUILLAUME TELL
- Location:
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Provenance
- Bought in 1967 from the artist
Exhibitions
- 1933, Barcelona, Galeria d'Art Catalònia, Salvador Dalí a Galeria d'Art Catalònia, 08/12/1933 - 21/12/1933, cat. no. 1
- 1934, Paris, Grand Palais, Salon des Indépendents, 02/02/1934 - 11/03/1934, cat. no. 1064
- 1960, New York, Carstairs Gallery, Salvador Dali, December 1960 - January 1961, cat. no. 2
- 1964, Tokyo, Tokyo Prince Hotel Gallery, Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, 08/09/1964 - 18/10/1964, cat. no. 23
- 1970, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Dalí, 21/11/1970 - 10/01/1971, cat. no. 29
- 1973, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dali, 06/10/1973 - 02/12/1973, cat. no. 11
- 1974, Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie und Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Salvador Dalí, 14/03/1974 - 05/05/1974, cat. no. 6
- 1979, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, 18/12/1979 - 21/04/1980, cat. no. 86
- 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 84
- 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 99
- 1994, Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, El Surrealismo en España, 11/02/1994 - 17/04/1994, cat. no. 43
- 1997, Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Années 30 en Europe : le temps menaçant, 1929-1930, 20/02/1997 - 25/05/1997, p. 197
Bibliography
- J. C., "Una exposició i un llibre", Mirador, 04/01/1934, Barcelona, p. 7
- Georges Hilaire, "L'énigme de Guillaume Tell", [Cahiers de la République des lettres, des sciences et des arts], 28/01/1934, Paris, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, il. 11
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- Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, Mainichi Newspaper, Tokyo, 1964, p. 62
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- Paul H. Walton, Dali / Miró, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1967, il. 13 (detail)
- Dalí, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1970, il. 29
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- Jaume Vidal i Oliveras, Josep Dalmau : l'aventura per l'art modern, Angle, Fundació Caixa de Manresa, Manresa, Manresa, [1993], p. 104 (indirect image)
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- Christopher Masters, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1996, p. 71
- Haim Finkelstein, Salvador Dalí's art and writing, 1927-1942 : the metamorphoses of Narcissus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p. 150
- Années 30 en Europe : le temps menaçant, 1929-1930, Paris Musées, Flammarion, Paris, 1997, p. 197
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- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Fèlix Fanés, Salvador Dalí. Álbum de familia, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Fundació "La Caixa", [Figueres], [Barcelona], 1998, p. 33 (indirect image)
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- Salvador Dalí i les arts : historiografia i crítica al segle XXI, Publicacions de la Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2005, p. 159 (indirect image) (detail)
- It's all Dalí, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005, p. 477 (indirect image)
- Dalí, Unidad Editorial, [S. l.], 2005, p. 126-127. p. 182
- Vicent Santamaria de Mingo, El Pensament de Salvador Dalí en el llindar dels anys trenta, Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, 2005, p. 258
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