Description

Date:

c. 1946

Technique:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

36.5 x 60 cm

Signature:

Signed lower center: DALI

Location:

Private collection

Provenance

1. William Lighfoot Schultz, New York
2. Auctioned at Christie's, London, June 30th, 1999

Observations

Exhibitions

1. 1946, New York, M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., Salvador Dali: "Trilogy of the desert", October 30th, 1946, no reference
2. 1963, Los Angeles, Britts Department Stores, 3 priceless paintings by Salvador Dali, December 1963, no reference
3. 1965, Nashville, Harvey`s, 12/04/1965 - 16/04/1965, no reference
4. 1966, Kenosha, Montgomery Ward, 21/03/1966 - 26/03/1966, no reference
5. 2001, Segovia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Dalí en las colecciones españolas, 09/10/2001 - 06/01/2002, cat. no. 24
6. 2004, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Dalí. Cultura de masses, 05/02/2004 - 23/05/2004, cat. no. 240

Bibliography

1. Salvador Dalí, "Desert Flower (anunci) (il)", Vogue, 15/01/1947, Greenwich, Conn., n. p.
2. Salvador Dalí, "[Anunci publicitari Desert Flower", Vogue, 15/02/1947, New York, n. p.
3. "Mandel Brothers", Chicago Daily Tribune, 16/03/1947, Chicago, n. p. (detail)
4. "The invisible lovers", Winnipeg Free Press, 04/11/1950, Winnipeg, CA, p. 16 (detail)
5. Dorothy Pfeiffer, "Dali´s work seen in Montreal", The Gazette, 21/06/1958, Montréal, QC, p. 22
6. S.m. Aguirre, "Dalí en La Habana", Gaceta Ilustrada, 04/07/1959, Madrid, p. 30
7. [See the $100,000 original paintings by Salvador Dalí
   ][anunci], The Washington Post, 17/01/1960, Washington, n. p. (detail)
8. "Desert Flower", The Washington Post, 17/01/1960, Washington, D.c., n. p. (detail)
9. "Desert Flowers on Canvas [il]", News, 11/05/1960, Dallas, Tex., n. p.
10. "Dali painting, (il.)", Chronicle, 22/05/1963, Houston, Tex., n. p. (detail)
11. "The Dazzling Doings Of Dali", Times, 31/07/1963, Pekin, Ill., n. p. (detail)
12. "Organized Consfusionist Dali At It Again", Times, 04/08/1963, Kingsport, Tenn., n. p. (detail)
13. "Britts Department Stores (anunci)", Los Angeles Times, 01/12/1963, Los Angeles, n. p. (detail)
14. "Display ad 110--no title", Chicago Tribune, 26/11/1964, Chicago, n. p. (detail)
15. Frances Piper, "Dali Paintings Worth $100,000 Now on Exhibition at Lazarus", Dispatch, 29/04/1965, Columbus, Ohio, n. p. (indirect image)
16. "Three Dali paintings at shopping center", Post Tribune, 03/01/1966, Gary, Ind., n. p.
17. [Frank o'Brien and...], Morn. Journal Star, 19/01/1966, Peoria, Ill., n. p. (indirect image)
18. "Dali Will Be on Display at Ward Store", Press, 01/02/1966, Pontiac, Mich., n. p.
19. Marion Wilke, "Art World Awhirl", Star, 27/02/1966, Rockford, Ill., n. p. (detail)
20. [One in a series...], Tribune, 01/03/1966, Royal Oak, Mich., n. p. (indirect image)
21. "Dali's bizarre paintings at center", Macomb Daily, 02/03/1966, Mt. Clemens, Mich., n. p. (indirect image)
22. Betty Ann, "Artist interpreting floral fragrance", Journal, 06/03/1966, Milwaukee, Wis., n. p. (detail)
23. Elaine Edwards, "Teamwork sells this show", News, 18/03/1966, Kenosha, Wis., n. p.
24. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 395
25. Dalí en las colecciones españolas, Museo de arte contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, 2001, p. 99
26. Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 262
27. The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 262
28. Dalí. Cultura de masses, Fundació La Caixa, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Barcelona, Figueres, 2004, p. 164
29. Detlef Lehmann, Die Göttlichen düfte: Salvador Dalí und seine Parfums, Europäische Kultur Stiftung MARCO, Berlin, 2004, p. 50 (indirect image) (detail)
30. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Juan José Lahuerta, Salvador Dalí i les revistes, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, [Figueres], 2008, il. 204, il. 205 (indirect image)
31. Dalí News, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2014, p. 8-9
32. Media - Dalí, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai Culture Publishing House, Shanghai, 2015, p. 164 (indirect image)

Reproduction Rights

Contact