L'illusion diurne (Diurnal Illusion)
Shadow of the Grand Piano Approaching
Cat. no. P 270
L'illusion diurne (Diurnal Illusion)
Shadow of the Grand Piano Approaching
Description
- Date:
- 1931
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 34.5 x 25.4 cm
- Signature:
- Signed and dated lower right corner: Pour Gala Salvador Dali 1931
- Location:
- Private collection
Provenance
- Marquis of Cuevas
Observations
At one point, this work was identified with the title "Le lever du jour". The Julien Levy Gallery archives contain a photograph of the period of this work with a hand-written note with this title.
Exhibitions
- 1932, Paris, Pierre Colle, Exposition Salvador Dalí, 26/05/1932 - 17/06/1932, cat. no. 17
- 1933, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Salvador Dalí, 21/11/1933 - 08/12/1933, cat. no. 20
- 1964, Tokyo, Tokyo Prince Hotel Gallery, Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, 08/09/1964 - 18/10/1964, cat. no. 16
Bibliography
- Jean Lévy, "Analyse de deux ouvrages de Raymond Roussel", Documents 34, 30/06/1934, Bruxelles, p. 83
- Exposition Surréaliste, Salle d'Exposition de la Commune de La Louvière, La Louvière (Bèlgica), 1935, n. p.
- Album Surréaliste, Shuzo Takiguchi, Tiroux Yamanaka, Tokio, 1937, il. 28
- Vilhem Bjerke-Petersen, Surrealismens Billedverden, Arthur Jensens Forlag, Copenhague, 1937, p. 41
- Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, Mainichi Newspaper, Tokyo, 1964, p. 44
- Ninety-three oils by Salvador Dalí : 1917-1970, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1973, p. 127 (detail), p. 140 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 127, p. 140 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, 1979, p. 165
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 167
- Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 114
- Marco Di Capua, Salvador Dalí : la vita e l'opera, Mondadori Electa, Milano, 2002, p. 114
- Un perro andaluz 80 años después, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, La Fábrica, Madrid, 2009, p. 120
- "SALVADOR DALÍ", ARTE Y PARTE, 01/04/2013, s. l., p. 10
- Salvador Dalí, Yomiuri Shimbun, Culture Promotion Department, Tokyo, 2016, p. 119 (indirect image)
Reproduction Rights
The copyright on Salvador Dalí's works, included those that are reproduced in this Web page, is held by the Spanish State and has been granted in exclusivity to the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí.
Pursuant to intellectual property laws in force, the total or partial reproduction, distribution, transformation, public communication, interactively making available to the public, as well as any other exploitation, by any means, of the works included in this Web page is prohibited.
Any exploitation of Salvador Dalí's works is subject to the prior application and clearance of the relevant licence issued by VEGAP (tel. 91 532 66 32 and 93 201 03 31 ; www.vegap.es). Copyright infringement will be prosecuted according to Laws.
