Description

Date:

1929-32

Technique:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

140 x 81 cm

Signature:

Unsigned and undated

Location:

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Dalí bequest

Provenance

1. Artist's collection

Observations

Exhibitions

1. 1931, Paris, Pierre Colle, Exposition Salvador Dalí, 03/06/1931 - 15/06/1931, cat. no. 1
2. 1932, Paris, Pierre Colle, Exposition Salvador Dalí, 26/05/1932 - 17/06/1932, cat. no. 11 o 12
3. 1933, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Salvador Dalí, 21/11/1933 - 08/12/1933, cat. no. 10
4. 1934, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Dali, 21/11/1934 - 10/12/1934, cat. no. 20
5. 1936, London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., Salvador Dali, 01/06/1936 - 31/07/1936, cat. no. 12
6. 1938, Paris, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, January - February 1938, cat. no. 44
7. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, cat. no. 30
8. 1968, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Dada, surrealism, and their heritage, 27/03/1968 - 09/06/1968, cat. no. 63
9. 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 49
10. 1983, Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 400 obras de Salvador Dalí del 1914 al 1983, 15/04/1983 - 29/05/1983, cat. no. 138
11. 1989, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dali, 16/12/1989 - 11/03/1990, cat. no. 35
12. 1990, México, D. F., Centro Cultural / Arte contemporáneo, Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 01/11/1990 - 31/01/1991, cat. no. 20
13. 1994, London, Hayward Gallery, Salvador Dalí: the early years, 03/03/1994 - 30/05/1994, cat. no. 123
14. 1996, Barcelona, La Pedrera, Dalí. Arquitectura, 19/06/1996 - 25/08/1996, cat. no. 21
15. 2000, Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Dalí's optical illusions, 21/01/2000 - 26/03/2000, cat. no. 6
16. 2002, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dalí : Gradiva, 21/05/2002 - 08/09/2002, cat. no. 4
17. 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 01/06/2007 - 09/09/2007, il. 21
18. 2011, Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Surrealism in Paris, 02/10/2011 - 29/01/2012, p. 240
19. 2012, Paris, Centre Pompidou, Dalí, 21/11/2012 - 25/03/2013, p. 127
20. 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. 237

Bibliography

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2. [L'Homme invisible (il.)], Le Surréalisme Au Service de la Révolution, 31/07/1930, Paris, n. p. (detail)
3. René Crevel, Dalí ou l'anti-obscurantisme, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1931, il. III (detail), il. IV (detail)
4. Joan Sacs, "El cas Salvador Dalí", Mirador, 16/03/1933, Barcelona, p. 7 (detail)
5. Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, il. 4 (detail)
6. James Thrall Soby, After Picasso, Dodd, Mead, New York, 1935, il. 56 (detail)
7. Sebastià Gasch, "Unes declaracions sensacionals de Carl Einstein", Meridià, 06/05/1938, Barcelona, p. 4 (detail)
8. James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, p. 36 (detail)
9. Salvador Dalí, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, Dial Press, New York, 1942, p. XIV (detail)
10. André Breton, Le Surréalisme et la peinture : suivi de Genèse et perspectives artistiques du surréalisme et de fragments inédits, Brentano's, New York, 1945, n. p.
11. Le Surréalisme en 1947, Maeght, Pierre à Feu, Paris, Paris, 1947, p. III (indirect image)
12. Gullermo De Torre, "El «caso» Dali", La Nacion, 25/01/1953, Buenos Aires, n. p. (detail)
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15. Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, The Foundation for Modern Art, New York, 1965, p. 59
16. Paul H. Walton, Dali / Miró, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1967, il. 5
17. Max Gérard, Dalí de Draeger, Blume, Barcelona, 1968, il. 87 (detail), il. 91 (detail), il. 158 (detail)
18. William S. Rubin, Dada, surrealism, and their heritage, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968, p. 112
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23. Le Surréalisme, XXe siècle, Paris, 1975, p. [62] (indirect image) (detail)
24. Robert Descharnes, S. Terayama, Dalí: the book of great masters, Zauho, Tokyo, 1978, il. 27
25. Malcolm Haslam, The Real world of the surrealists, Gallery Press, New York, 1978, p. 243 (indirect image)
26. Calvin Tomkins, Duchamp et son temps : 1887-1968, Time-Life International, Nederland, 1978, p. 141
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38. 400 obras de Salvador Dalí de 1914 a 1983, Obra Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, [Madrid], 1983, p. 98
39. Francisco Nieva, "El príncipe representó a dalí", Pueblo, 16/04/1983, Madrid, p. 35 (indirect image)
40. Eduard Fornes i Gili, "Cuatrociantas obras de Dalí", La Vanguardia, 05/06/1983, Barcelona, n. p. (detail)
41. Duchamp, Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, 1984, p. 24 (indirect image) (detail), p. 221 (indirect image) (detail)
42. Antonio D. Olano, Nacimiento, vida, pasión, muerte, resurrección y gloria de Salvador, Domingo, Felipe, Jacinto Dalí Doménech, Cusí y Farrés, Marqués de Dalí y Púbol, Dyrsa, Madrid, 1985, p. 316 (detail)
43. Takahiko Okada, Dalí, Shueisha, [S.l.], 1986, p. 21
44. Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 76
45. Jaume Socias Palau, "Fin y comienzo de Salvador Dalí", Goya, Revista de Arte, 01/02/1989, Madrid, p. 216
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47. Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del museo nacional centro de arte reina Sofía, Centro cultural, Arte contemporaneo, México D. F., 1990, p. 111
48. Picasso, Miró, Dalí y los orígenes del arte contemporáneo en España : 1900-1936, Schirn Kunsthalle, MNCARS, Francfort, Madrid, 1991, p. 155
49. Luis Romero, PsicoDálico Dalí, Mediterranea, Barcelona, 1991, p. 61
50. François Mathey, Art : graphisme des annees 40, Seuil, Regard, Paris, Paris, 1991, p. 204 (indirect image)
51. Alessandr Rogin, [Salvador Dalí : el mite i la realitat], Republica, Moscou, 1992, p. 34 (detail)
52. Jaime Brihuega, Miró y Dalí: los grandes surrealistas, Anaya, Madrid, 1993, p. 61
53. A. Reynolds Morse, Dali's animal crackers, Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1993, p. 163 (2 details)
54. Marcel Duchamp, Thames & Hudson, London, 1993, p. 43 (indirect image) (detail)
55. Dalí joven, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1994/95, n. p.
56. Dalí, the early years, Hayward Gallery, London, 1994, n. p.
57. Dalí, the early years : talks and events, Hayward Gallery, London, 1994, n. p.
58. Dalí, Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1994, il. 20
59. Salvador Dalí: the early years, South Bank Centre, [London], 1994, p. 192
60. Whitney Chadwick, Mith in surrealist painting 1929-1939: Dalí, Ernst, Masson, UMI Dissertation Service, [Michigan], 1994, p. 296
61. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 147
62. Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 99
63. Bruce Altshuler, The Avant-garde in exhibition : new art in the 20th century, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1994, p. 118 (indirect image)
64. Salvador Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1994, il. 20
65. Dalí. Arquitectura, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, [Figueres], [Barcelona], 1996, p. 141
66. Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : genius, obsession and lust, Prestel, Munich - New York, 1996, p. 51, p. 52 (detail)
67. Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 25
68. Christopher Masters, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1996, p. 63
69. Haim Finkelstein, Salvador Dalí's art and writing, 1927-1942 : the metamorphoses of Narcissus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p. 200
70. Eduardo Subirats, Linterna mágica : vanguardia, media y cultura, Siruela, Madrid, 1997, p. 59
71. Robert Radford, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1997, p. 138
72. Ian Gibson, The Shameful life of Salvador Dalí, Faber and Faber, London, 1997, il. 70
73. Gérard Durozoi, Histoire du mouvement surréaliste, Hazan, Paris, 1997, p. 148
74. Charlie Azzopardi, Salvador Dalí, the eternal hero, Avon Books, London, 1997, p. 31
75. Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Electa, Madrid, 1999, p. 32 (detail)
76. Salvador Dalí, Parkstone, England, 1999, p. 55
77. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. What's on calendar, Wadswoth Ahteneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, 2000, p. 6
78. Luis Buñuel y el surrealismo, Museo de Teruel, Teruel, 2000, p. 174
79. Christopher Green, Art in France : 1900- 1940, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 277
80. Dalí's optical illusions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000, p. 79
81. Alberto Mario Perrone, Salvador Dalí, escándalo, transgresión y genio, Longseller, Buenos Aires, 2001, p. 82
82. Simposio "Happening, Fluxus y otros comportamientos artísticos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX ": Ponencias y Comunicaciones, Editora Regional de Extremadura, Mérida, 2001, p. 114 (indirect image)
83. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Salvador Dalí : désirs inassouvis du purisme au surréalisme, 1925-1935, La Passage, Paris-New York, 2002, il. 28
84. Dalí : Gradiva, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Fundación Caja Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, 2002, p. 59
85. Joan Castellar-Gassol, Dalí : una vida perversa, Edicions de 1984, Barcelona, 2002, p. II
86. Juan Antonio Ramírez, Dalí: lo crudo y lo podrido, A. Machado Libros, Madrid, 2002, p. 74
87. Gérard Durozoi, History of the surrealist movement, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, London, 2002, p. 142
88. The Endless enigma : Dalí and the magicians of multiple meaning, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2003, p. 112
89. Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Textos autobiográficos 1, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Barcelona, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2003, n. p. (detail)
90. The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 85
91. Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 85
92. Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, p. 59 (detail), p. 134
93. Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LX
94. Jean-Christophe Argillet, Le Siècle de Dali, Timée-Editions, Boulogne, 2004, p. 32
95. Persistence and memory : new critical perspectives on Dalí centennial, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 28 (detail) (reversed image)
96. Huellas dalinianas, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Madrid, 2004, p. 57
97. Enric Bou, Daliccionario : objetos, mitos y símbolos de Salvador Dalí, Tusquets, Barcelona, 2004, p. 11
98. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí : master of fantasies, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004, p. 76, p. 76 (detail)
99. José María Hinojosa 1904-1936 : entre dos luces, Centro Cultural de la Generación del 27, [Málaga], 2004, p. 119 (detail)
100. Luis-Salvador López Herrero, La Cara oculta de Salvador Dalí, Síntesis, Madrid, 2004, p. 51
101. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí the impresario of surrealism, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, p. 76, p. 76 (detail)
102. Tonia Raquejo, Dalí: metamorfosis, Edilupa, [Madrid], 2004, p. 84 (detail)
103. Dalí, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 130 (indirect image) (detail), p. 178
104. Salvador Dalí i Federico García Lorca : la persistència de la memòria, Viena, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura, Barcelona, Barcelona, 2004, p. 139
105. Patrice Schmitt, Étude psychanalytique de la création chez Salvador Dalí, Lacour-Ollé, Nimes, 2004, il. 1.2
106. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dali : le grand paranoïaque, Découvertes Gallimard Arts, París, 2004, p. 76
107. Dalí, Unidad Editorial, [S. l.], 2005, p. 115, p. 180
108. Lucía García de Carpi, Salvador Dalí, Ambos Mundos, Salamanca, 2005, p. 89, p. 130 (detail)
109. Salvador Dalí : La gare de Perpignan - Pop, Op, Yes-yes, Pompier, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2006, p. 113
110. Dalí & film, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 44
111. Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Fundación Mapfre. Instituto de Cultura, Madrid, 2007, p. 47
112. Dalís medienspiele: falsche fährten und paranoische selbstinszenierungen in den künsten, Transcript, Bielefeld, 2007, p. 168
113. Mª Mercè Riera i Arnijas, Dalí, Ciro, [Barcelona], 2008, p. 77, p. 139
114. Gavin Parkinson, Surrealism, art and modern science : relativity, quantum mechanics, epistemology, Yale University, New Haven & London, 2008, p. 182
115. Un perro andaluz 80 años después, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, La Fábrica, Madrid, 2009, p. 41
116. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 41
117. Surreal objects : three-dimensional works from Dalí to Man Ray, Hatje Cantz, Schirn Kunsthalle, Ostfildern, Frankfurt, 2011, p. 23 (indirect image)
118. Catherine Grenier, Salvador Dalí : l'invention de soi, Flammarion, París, 2011, p. 108
119. Surrealism in Paris, Hatje Kantz, Basilea, 2011, p. 240
120. Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : the reality of dreams, Prestel, Munich, London, New York, 2011, p. 51, p. 52 (detail)
121. Dalí, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012, p. 127
122. Roger Rothman, Tiny surrealism : Salvador Dalí and the aesthetics of the small, University of Nebraska, Lincoln & London, 2012, p. 72
123. Shûzô Takigushi, Dalí : Tokio, 1939, Notari, Genève, 2012, il. 9 (indirect image) (detail), il. 10 (indirect image) (detail), il. 11 (indirect image) (detail)
124. Daniel R. Caruncho, Salvador Dalí, las obras de su vida, Dos de Arte, Barcelona, 2015, p. 24
125. Dawn Ades, Writings on art and anti-art, Ridinghouse, London, 2015, p. 498

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