Richard the Third

Portrait of Laurence Olivier in the Role of Richard the Third

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2014

Cat. no. P 712

Richard the Third

Portrait of Laurence Olivier in the Role of Richard the Third

Description

Date:
1955
Technique:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
73.5 x 63 cm
Signature:
Signed and dated lower left corner: DALI / 1955
Location:
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres

Provenance

  1. Sir Alexander Korda, London
  2. Sir Laurence Olivier, London
  3. The Lefevre Gallery, London
  4. Peter Moore, Cadaqués
  5. Auctioned at Sotheby's, London December 7th, 1999

Exhibitions

  1. 1958, Southampton, Long Island, New York, The Parrish Art Museum, Dalí : second collection of jewels, Sacre Coeur de Jesus, paintings-sketches, 01/08/1958 - 21/08/1958, cat. no. 25
  2. 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 257
  3. 1998, Liverpool, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, 21/10/1998 - 31/01/1999, cat. no. 51
  4. 2004, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Dalí. Cultura de masses, 05/02/2004 - 23/05/2004, cat. no. 118
  5. 2006, Tokio, Ueno Royal Museum, Salvador Dali centennial retrospective, 23/09/2006 - 04/01/2007, cat. no. 48
  6. 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 01/06/2007 - 09/09/2007, il. 140

Bibliography

  1. Laurence Olivier as Richard III, Greenstone CO., New York, [1955], n. p. (detail)
  2. Marie Mcnair, "Margaret's Wedding In Family Tradition", The Washington Post, 18/03/1956, Washington, n. p.
  3. "Two heads better than one", The Gazette, 12/04/1956, Montréal, QC, p. 2 (detail)
  4. Miguel Utrillo, "Polemica. 59.553 españoles se inclinan por Salvador Dalí", Señor, 31/05/1956, Madrid, n. p. (detail)
  5. "Dali looks at a film", Times-herald, 23/04/1957, Dallas, Tex., n. p. (detail)
  6. Gustav René Hocke, El Manierismo en el arte europeo de 1520 a 1650 y en el actual, Guadarrama, Madrid, 1961, n. p. (detail)
  7. Waldemar Januszczak, "It´s the persistence of Salvador", The Guardian, 17/05/1980, Manchester, p. 10 (detail)
  8. Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 337
  9. Cròniques i correspondències: el Jo del cineasta | Salvador Dalí i el cinema. Jean Negulesco, Filmoteca de la Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 1991, n. p. (indirect image)
  10. Jaime Brihuega, Miró y Dalí: los grandes surrealistas, Anaya, Madrid, 1993, p. 80 (detail)
  11. Museu Perrot-Moore Cadaqués, Fundació Perrot-Moore Cadaqués, Cadaqués, [1993], p. I
  12. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 485
  13. Dawn Ades, Fiona Bradley, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 1998, p. 117
  14. Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXXXIII
  15. Dalí. Cultura de masses, Fundació La Caixa, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Barcelona, Figueres, 2004, p. 116
  16. Adquisicions de la Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí de 1991 a 2006 = Adqusiciones de la Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí de 1991 a 2006 = Acquisition of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation from 1991 to 2006, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2006, cover (detail), il. 53
  17. Salvador Dali centennial retrospective, Ueno Royal Museum, Ueno, 2006, p. 137
  18. Salvador Dalí: an illustrated life, Tate Publishing, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales - Ministerio de Cultura, London, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2007, p. 227
  19. Dalí & film, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 217
  20. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 44
  21. Una visita al centre d'art Perrot-Moore = Una visita al centro de arte Perrot-Moore, Centre d'Art Perrot-Moore, Cadaqués, [s.d.], n. p.

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