Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Salvador Dalí

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Le spectre du Sex-Appeal (The Spectre of Sex-Appeal)

The Spectre of Sex-Appeal
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2007

Cat. no. P 338

Le spectre du Sex-Appeal (The Spectre of Sex-Appeal)

Description

Date:
c. 1934
Technique:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
17.9 x 13.9 cm
Signature:
Unsigned and undated
Location:
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres

Provenance

  1. Artist's collection

Observations

*The “I Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte” (1st Biennial of Latin American Art) was held in Madrid and Barcelona. In Madrid from 12th October 1951 to 28th February 1952, although we know that Dalí’s works were exhibited only during the shorter period of time we have indicated in the Exhibitions section. In Barcelona, during March 1952, although we know that Dalí’s works were exhibited for the longer period of time we have indicated in the Exhibitions section.

Exhibitions

  1. 1934, Paris, Jacques Bonjean, Exposition Dali, 20/06/1934 - 13/07/1934, cat. no. 14
  2. 1934, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Dali, 21/11/1934 - 10/12/1934, cat. no. 5
  3. 1936, London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., Salvador Dali, 01/06/1936 - 31/07/1936, cat. no. 3
  4. 1937, Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Origines et Développement de l'Art International Indépendant, 30/07/1937 - 31/10/1937, cat. no. 91
  5. 1941, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 19/11/1941 - 11/01/1942, cat. no. 17
  6. 1941, Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Salvador Dalí, 10/09/1941 - 05/10/1941, cat. no. 20
  7. 1942, Indianapolis, The John Herron Art Institute (Indianapolis Museum of Art), [Exhibition of paintings by Salvador Dali], 05/04/1942 - 04/05/1942, cat. no. 17
  8. 1943, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Exhibition of paintings by Salvador Dali, 15/03/1943 - 12/04/1943, no reference
  9. 1951, London, The Lefevre Gallery, Dalí, December 1951, cat. no. 5
  10. 1952, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Phantastische Kunst des XX.Jahrhunderts, 30/08/1952 - 05/10/1952, cat. no. 65
  11. 1952, Madrid, Salas de la Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte, 1º Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte *, 22/01/1952 - 24/02/1952, no reference*
  12. 1952, Barcelona, Museo de Arte Moderno, I Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte *, March 1952, cat. no. 3
  13. 1954, Roma, Sale dell'Aurora Pallavicini, Mostra di quadri disegni ed oreficerie di Salvador Dalí, 13/03/1954 - 30/06/1954, cat. no. 17
  14. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, cat. no. 66
  15. 1968, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Dada, surrealism, and their heritage, 27/03/1968 - 09/06/1968, cat. no. 65
  16. 2004, Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, Dalí, 12/09/2004 - 16/01/2005, cat. no. 135
  17. 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 01/06/2007 - 09/09/2007, il. 134
  18. 2012, Paris, Centre Pompidou, Dalí, 21/11/2012 - 25/03/2013, p. 165
  19. 2013, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Dalí. Todas las sugestiones poéticas y todas las posibilidades plásticas, 27/04/2013 - 02/09/2013, p. 165
  20. 2014, Sao Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Salvador Dalí, 19/10/2014 - 11/01/2015, no reference

Bibliography

  1. Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, il. 1
  2. Salvador Dalí, "Les eaux ou nous nageons", Cahiers D'art, 31/12/1935, Paris, p. 122
  3. Raymond Cogniat, "L'Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme", XXe Siècle. Chroniques de Jour, 01/03/1938, Paris, p. 29
  4. James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, p. 48
  5. Salvador Dalí, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, Dial Press, New York, 1942, p. VI (detail)
  6. Ángel Zúñiga, "Crónica de cine", Destino, 11/11/1944, Barcelona, n. p.
  7. Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, Salvador Dalí, Omega, Barcelona, 1950, il. 19
  8. Rafael Santos Torroella, Salvador Dalí, Afrodisio Aguado, Madrid, 1952, il. 22
  9. "Salvador Dalí, en la I bienal", Ya, 27/01/1952, Madrid, n. p. (detail)
  10. Joan Fuster, El Descrèdit de la realitat, Moll, Palma de Mallorca, 1955, p. 119
  11. Dalí, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1957, il. II
  12. A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 38
  13. Juan-Eduardo Cirlot, Arte contemporáneo, EDHASA, Barcelona, 1958, il. 116
  14. "Kultur. Malerei. Salvador Dalí", Der Spiegel, 28/12/1960, Hamburg, p. 5
  15. Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, The Foundation for Modern Art, New York, 1965, p. 65
  16. G.r. Swenson, "Is Dali Disgusting?", Art News, 31/12/1965, New York, N.y., p. 51
  17. Chagall, Dalí, Ernst, Kawade Shobo, [S.l.], 1966, Il. 34
  18. "Spectre of Sex Appeal (il.)", Pictures On Exhibit, 31/01/1966, New York, n. p. (detail)
  19. Stuart Preston, "Solemn Canonization of the Irrational", Apollo, 28/02/1966, Londres, p. 154
  20. Paul H. Walton, Dali / Miró, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1967, il. 14
  21. William S. Rubin, Dada, surrealism, and their heritage, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968, p. 113
  22. Max Gérard, Dalí de Draeger, Blume, Barcelona, 1968, il. 83 (detail), il. 126 (detail)
  23. Ninety-three oils by Salvador Dalí : 1917-1970, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1973, p. 198
  24. Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 198 (detail)
  25. Dalí, La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, Bilbao, 1974, p. 15
  26. Jacques Dopagne, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1974, il. 62 (detail)
  27. Max Gérard, Dalí... Dalí... Dalí..., Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1974, il. 47 (detail)
  28. Tadao Ogura, Robert Descharnes, L'Art moderne du monde, Shueisha, Tokyo, 1974, il. 35, p. 107
  29. Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Barcelona, Madrid, 1975, p. 79
  30. Toni Bernard, "Los Dalis de Dali [Coberta]", Centro moda, Primavera 1975, Barcelona, p. 4 (detail)
  31. Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Dalí, Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 1977, p. 61, p. 247
  32. Robert Descharnes, S. Terayama, Dalí: the book of great masters, Zauho, Tokyo, 1978, il. 30
  33. Antonio Fernández Molina, Dalí, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Servicio de Publicaciones, [Pamplona], 1978, p. 57
  34. Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, 1979, p. 197
  35. Jordi Gimferrer, "Del noucentisme al surrealisme: Salvador Dalí", Revista de Banyoles, 01/07/1979, Banyoles, ES, p. 15
  36. Salvador Dalí, The Tate Gallery, London, 1980, il. XX
  37. Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera, Salvador Dalí, Nauta, Barcelona, 1980, il. 57
  38. Josep Pla, Salvador Dalí (il.), Obres de museu, DASA, Figueres, 1981, p. 33
  39. Dawn Ades, Dalí and surrealism, Harper & Row, New York, 1982, p. 141
  40. Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1983, il. 56
  41. Jaume Socias, Dalí, Nou Art, Barcelona, 1983, p. 17 (detail)
  42. El Surrealismo, Cátedra, Madrid, 1983, p. [163]
  43. Clarà, Dalí, Monturiol, Pla, Vayreda, Diputació Provincial de Girona, Nou Art Thor, Girona, Barcelona, 1983, p. 17
  44. Distribucions d'art surrealista, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, Barcelona, 1983, p. 21
  45. "Daliniana tramuntanada, acompanyada de l'òptica de Joan Comalat.", Revista de Banyoles, 22/07/1983, Banyoles, Es, p. 13 (detail)
  46. Dalí, Sarpe, Madrid, 1984, p. 76
  47. Rafael Santos Torroella, La Miel es más dulce que la sangre : las épocas lorquiana y freudiana de Salvador Dalí, Seix Barral, Barcelona, 1984, p. 117
  48. Sarane Alexandrian, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1985, il. 62
  49. Takahiko Okada, Dalí, Shueisha, [S.l.], 1986, p. 28
  50. Josep Vallès i Rovira, Dalí delit Empordà, Carles Vallès, Figueres, 1987, p. 135
  51. Homage to Catalonia - Barcelona art city, Commitee of exhibition (Homage to Catalonia-Barcelona art city), [S.l.], 1987, p. 179
  52. Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 8 (supplement)
  53. Salvador Dalí, 1904 - 1989, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, 1989, p. 8
  54. René Passeron, Salvador Dalí, Ars Mundi, [S.l.], 1990, p. 34
  55. Dalí exhibition, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1991, p. 13
  56. Eric Shanes, Dalí, Debate, Madrid, 1991, p. 59
  57. Luis Romero, PsicoDálico Dalí, Mediterranea, Barcelona, 1991, p. 80
  58. Tesoros del arte español, Electa, [Milà], 1992, p. 188
  59. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 215
  60. Salvador Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1994, il. 45
  61. Nathaniel Harris, The Life and works of Dalí, Parragon, [Regne Unit], 1994, p. 24
  62. Dalí, Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1994, il. 45
  63. Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 157
  64. José Luis Giménez-Frontín, Teatre-Museu Dalí, Tusquets, Electa, [Barcelona], [Madrid], 1994, p. 50
  65. Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 32
  66. Christopher Masters, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1996, p. 77
  67. Haim Finkelstein, Salvador Dalí's art and writing, 1927-1942 : the metamorphoses of Narcissus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p. 156
  68. Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : genius, obsession and lust, Prestel, Munich - New York, 1996, p. 54 (detail)
  69. Bjarne Sode Funch, The Psychology of art appreciation, Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Conpenhagen, Copenhagen, 1997, p. 151
  70. Ian Gibson, The Shameful life of Salvador Dalí, Faber and Faber, London, 1997, il. XXV
  71. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Casa-Museu Salvador Dalí Port Lligat : una vida amb la llum de l'eternitat, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Escudo de oro, [Figueres], [Barcelona], 1998, p. 13
  72. Salvador Dalí, Parkstone, England, 1999, p. 80 (detail)
  73. David Lomas, The Haunted self : surrealism, psychoanalysis, subjectivity, Yale University Press, New Haven, London, 2000, p. 165
  74. Dalí's optical illusions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000, p. 48
  75. Petit diccionari Dalí, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, Figueres, 2001, p. 60 (detail), p. 98
  76. Alberto Mario Perrone, Salvador Dalí, escándalo, transgresión y genio, Longseller, Buenos Aires, 2001, p. 91
  77. Juan Antonio Ramírez, Dalí: lo crudo y lo podrido, A. Machado Libros, Madrid, 2002, p. 48
  78. Antoni Gaudí Salvador Dalí, Loft, Barcelona, 2002, p. 46
  79. Dalí 1904-2004, Edicions 62, Barcelona, 2003, p. 131
  80. Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 149
  81. Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, p. 21
  82. Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Textos autobiográficos 1, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Barcelona, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2003, n. p. (indirect image) (detail)
  83. The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 149
  84. Programa d'activitats Dalí 2004, [Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí], [Figueres], 2003, p. 28 (detail)
  85. Javier Pérez Andújar, Salvador Dalí : a la conquista de lo irracional, Algaba, Madrid, 2003, n. p.
  86. Sebastià Roig, Jordi Puig, Dalí : el triangle de l'Empordà, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, Figueres, Menorca, 2003, p. 62-63 (indirect image), p. 123
  87. Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXII
  88. James Stourton, Great smaller museums of Europe, Scala, London, 2003, p. 185
  89. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí : master of fantasies, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004, p. 70
  90. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dali : le grand paranoïaque, Découvertes Gallimard Arts, París, 2004, p. 70
  91. Luis-Salvador López Herrero, La Cara oculta de Salvador Dalí, Síntesis, Madrid, 2004, p. 156
  92. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí the impresario of surrealism, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, p. 70
  93. Silvia Borghesi, Dalí, Electa, Milán, 2004, p. 67
  94. Dalí, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 227
  95. El Discòbol, Trabucaire, Canet, 2004, p. [49] (indirect image) (detail)
  96. Obra completa : Álbum, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Barcelona, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2004, p. 97
  97. Dalí, un creador dissident, Destino, Barcelona, 2004, p. 106
  98. Màrius Carol, Josep Playà i Maset, El Enigma Dalí, Plaza Janés, Barcelona, 2004, n. p.
  99. Memòria d'activitats Dalí 2004, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2005, p. 28 (detail)
  100. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí de Figueres, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2005, p. 71 (indirect image)
  101. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí de Figueres, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2005, p. 71 (indirect image), p. 167
  102. Catherine Millet, Dalí et moi, Gallimard, [París], 2005, p. 77
  103. Carmen Giménez, Francisco Calvo Serraller, Pintura española de El Greco a Picasso : el tiempo, la verdad y la historia., Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior (SEACEX), Guggenheim Museum, Tf. editores, Madrid, Nueva York, Madrid, 2006, p. 409
  104. Marta Luna, Toni Matas, Dalí i els altres secrets, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, Figueres, 2006, p. 15
  105. Salvador Dalí: an illustrated life, Tate Publishing, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales - Ministerio de Cultura, London, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2007, p. 97
  106. Dalí & film, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 201
  107. Guillermo Carnero, Salvador Dalí y otros estudios sobre arte y vanguardia, Institució Alfons el Magnànim - Diputació de València, [València], 2007, il. XI
  108. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí : foto guia, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2007, p. 22 (indirect image)
  109. Mª Mercè Riera i Arnijas, Dalí, Ciro, [Barcelona], 2008, índex, p. 16 (detail), p. 89, p. 139
  110. Pilar Parcerisas, Duchamp en España : las claves ocultas de sus estancias en Cadaqués, Siruela, Madrid, 2009, p. 34
  111. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Jordi Puig, Casa - Museu Salvador Dalí : Portlligat - Cadaqués, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2009, p. 49
  112. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 16
  113. Jesús Lázaro Docio, El Secreto creador de Salvador Dalí : el método paranoico-crítico, 1927-1937, Eutelequia, Madrid, 2010, il. 9
  114. Catherine Grenier, Salvador Dalí : l'invention de soi, Flammarion, París, 2011, p. 129
  115. Figueres, Ajuntament de Figueres, Figueres, [2011], n. p.
  116. Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : the reality of dreams, Prestel, Munich, London, New York, 2011, p. 55 (detail)
  117. 2011 : Memoria = Memòria, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2012, p. 125 (indirect image)
  118. El Arte y el viaje, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, 2011, p. 113 (indirect image) (detail)
  119. Thierry Dufrêne, Salvador Dalí : double image, double vie, Hazan, Malakoff, 2012, il. 10
  120. Dalí un artista un genio, Skira, Milano, 2012, p. 34 (detail), p. 121
  121. "SALVADOR DALÍ", ARTE Y PARTE, 01/04/2013, s. l., p. 15
  122. Salvador Dalí, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, 2014, p. 67
  123. Memoria 2014 = Memòria 2014, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2015, p. 57 (indirect image)
  124. Media - Dalí, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai Culture Publishing House, Shanghai, 2015, p. 257 (indirect image)
  125. Daniel R. Caruncho, Salvador Dalí, las obras de su vida, Dos de Arte, Barcelona, 2015, p. 37, reverse (detail)
  126. Dalí: Il sogno del Classico, Skira, Milano, 2016, p. 18
  127. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí. Figueres, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2016, p. 80
  128. Dalí atómico, Fundación Bancaria "la Caixa", [Barcelona], 2018, p. 106
  129. Dali : poetics of the small, 1929-1936, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2018, p. 130

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