Description

Date:

1932

Technique:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

99 x 120.65 cm

Signature:

Signed and dated lower right: a Gala Eluard Salvador Dali 1932

Inscriptions:

Inscribed at the base of the bust, in the medal: GILLAUME TELL
Inscribed upper center: ma mere ma mere / ma mere ma mere / ma mere ma mere / ma mere ma mere / ma mere ma mare / Fantaisies Diurnes
Inscribed upper center: Le grand [...] [...] / Le grand Masturbateur / Guillaume Tell / olivette / olivette / olivette / concretion nostalgique d'une cle

Location:

The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg (Florida)

Provenance

1. Georges F. Keller
2. E. and A. Reynolds Morse, Cleveland (Ohio)

Observations

Exhibitions

1. 1939, Melbourne, Lower Town Hall, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, 16/10/1939 - 01/11/1939, cat. no. 27
2. 1939, Sidney, David Jones's Art Gallery, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, 20/11/1939 - 16/12/1939, cat. no. 27
3. 1939, Adelaide, National Art Gallery of South Australia, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, 21/08/1939 - 17/09/1939, cat. no. 27
4. 1940, Sydney, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, [Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art], January - June 1940
5. 1940, Sydney, National Gallery of New South Wales, Exhibition of Continental Art, 01/11/1940 - 31/12/1940
6. 1943, Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, [Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art], december 1943
7. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, cat. no. 44
8. 1998, Liverpool, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, 21/10/1998 - 31/01/1999, cat. no. 17
9. 1999, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Dali exhibition 1999, 28/08/1999 - 24/10/1999, cat. no. 22
10. 2006, Tokio, Ueno Royal Museum, Salvador Dali centennial retrospective, 23/09/2006 - 04/01/2007, cat. no. 16
11. 2007, Osaka, Suntory Museum, Dalí multifaceted : centenary exhibition, 08/03/2007 - 06/05/2007, cat. no. 11
12. 2009, Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Salvador Dalí : liquid desire, 13/06/2009 - 04/10/2009, no reference

Bibliography

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