Richard the Third
Portrait of Laurence Olivier in the Role of Richard the Third
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
- Sir Alexander Korda, London
- Sir Laurence Olivier, London
- The Lefevre Gallery, London
- Peter Moore, Cadaqués
- Auctioned at Sotheby's, London December 7th, 1999
Exhibitions
- 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
- 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 257
- 1998, Liverpool, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, 21/10/1998 - 31/01/1999, cat. no. 51
- 2004, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Dalí. Cultura de masses, 05/02/2004 - 23/05/2004, cat. no. 118
- 2006, Tokio, Ueno Royal Museum, Salvador Dali centennial retrospective, 23/09/2006 - 04/01/2007, cat. no. 48
- 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 01/06/2007 - 09/09/2007, il. 140
Bibliography
- Laurence Olivier as Richard III, Greenstone CO., New York, [1955], n. p. (detail)
- Marie Mcnair, "Margaret's Wedding In Family Tradition", The Washington Post, 18/03/1956, Washington, n. p.
- "Two heads better than one", The Gazette, 12/04/1956, Montréal, QC, p. 2 (detail)
- Miguel Utrillo, "Polemica. 59.553 españoles se inclinan por Salvador Dalí", Señor, 31/05/1956, Madrid, n. p. (detail)
- "Dali looks at a film", Times-herald, 23/04/1957, Dallas, Tex., n. p. (detail)
- Gustav René Hocke, El Manierismo en el arte europeo de 1520 a 1650 y en el actual, Guadarrama, Madrid, 1961, n. p. (detail)
- Waldemar Januszczak, "It´s the persistence of Salvador", The Guardian, 17/05/1980, Manchester, p. 10 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 337
- 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)
- Jaime Brihuega, Miró y Dalí: los grandes surrealistas, Anaya, Madrid, 1993, p. 80 (detail)
- Museu Perrot-Moore Cadaqués, Fundació Perrot-Moore Cadaqués, Cadaqués, [1993], p. I
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 485
- Dawn Ades, Fiona Bradley, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 1998, p. 117
- Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXXXIII
- Dalí. Cultura de masses, Fundació La Caixa, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Barcelona, Figueres, 2004, p. 116
- 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
- Salvador Dali centennial retrospective, Ueno Royal Museum, Ueno, 2006, p. 137
- 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
- Dalí & film, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 217
- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 44
- 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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