The man with the head of blue hortensias
Cat. no. P 415
The man with the head of blue hortensias
Description
- Date:
- 1936
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 16.2 x 22 cm
- Signature:
- Signed and dated lower left: Gala Salvador Dali 1936
- Location:
- The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg (Florida)
Provenance
- Julien Levy Gallery, New York
- Mrs. R. N. Ducas
- Pierre Matisse Gallery
- E. and A. Reynolds Morse, Cleveland (Ohio)
Observations
Despite the correct English translation for hortensias is hydrangea, this painting is known by its original title: The Man with the Head of Blue Hortensias (sic).
Exhibitions
- 1936, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Souvenir - Catalogue, 10/12/1936 - 09/01/1937, cat. no. 7
- 1941, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 19/11/1941 - 11/01/1942, cat. no. 30
- 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, cat. no. 76
- 1997, Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Catalan masters of the 20th century, 19/01/1997 - 30/03/1997, p. 64
- 2007, Osaka, Suntory Museum, Dalí multifaceted : centenary exhibition, 08/03/2007 - 06/05/2007, cat. no. 18
- 2018, Dallas, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dalí: Poetics of the Small, 1929-1936, 09/09/2018 - 09/12/2018, cat. no. 21
Bibliography
- James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, p. 60
- André Breton, Paul Éluard, L'Immaculée Conception, Librairie Bon, Tokyo, [1947], p. 79
- Salvador Dalí, The IMS Press, Cleveland [Ohio], 1954, p. 15
- A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 41
- Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, The Foundation for Modern Art, New York, 1965, p. 79
- Ninety-three oils by Salvador Dalí : 1917-1970, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1973, p. 163
- Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 79, p. 163
- Jacques Dopagne, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1974, il. 61 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, René Passeron, Salvador Dalí, Filipacchi, Paris, 1978, p. 93
- Salvador Dalí, selected works, Filipacchi, New York, 1979, p. 93
- Hommage à Dalí, Vilo, Paris, 1980, p. 124
- Sarane Alexandrian, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1985, il. 61 (detail)
- Dalí: the Salvador Dalí museum collection, Bulfinch, Boston. Toronto. London, 1991, il. 62
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 257
- Catalan masters of the 20th century, Tacoma Art Museum, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura, Tacoma, Washington, Barcelona, 1996, p. 64
- Robert S. Lubar, The Salvador Dalí Museum collection, Bulfinch, Boston - New York - London, 2000, p. 105
- Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 193
- The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 193
- Dalí multifaceted : centenary exhibition, The Chunichi Shimbun, [S. l.], 2007, p. 59, p. 58 (detail)
- Dali : poetics of the small, 1929-1936, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2018, p. 145, p. 151
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