Visage paranoïaque (Paranoiac Face)
Cat. no. P 404
Visage paranoïaque (Paranoiac Face)
Description
- Date:
- c. 1935
- Technique:
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions:
- 18.5 x 22.5 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Location:
- Private collection
Provenance
- Edward James
- Auctioned at Christie's, West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex, June 5th, 1986
Observations
In the text "Communication: Visage paranoïaque" Dalí explains the origin of this double image, a common technique in works of this period: " After a study, when I was obsessed in a deep reflection on Picasso's faces, in particular those of the black period, I looked for an address in a pile of papers and suddenly I saw myself altered by the reproduction of a face I believe corresponded to Picasso, a face absolutely unknown. Suddenly, this face disappeared and I realized the illusion (?). The analysis of the paranoiac image in question allowed me to recover, using a symbolic interpretation, all the ideas that preceded the vision of the face. André Breton has identified the face with that of Sade, which matches the particular preoccupation Breton has about Sade. In the hair of the face in question, Breton saw a powdery wig, while I saw an unpainted fragment of the canvas, which is often found in Picasso's style." ("Le Surréalisme au Service de la Révolution", number 3, December 1931). Moreover, in the "La Conquête de l'irrationnel" (1935), Dalí states that this painting can be contemplated both horizontally and vertically (image 2).
Exhibitions
- 1936, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic art dada surrealism, 09/12/1936 - 17/01/1937, cat. no. 320
- 1936, London, New Burlington Galleries, International Surrealist Exhibition, 11/06/1936 - 04/07/1936, cat. no. 62
- 1999, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Surrealism: two private eyes, the Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi collections, 04/06/1999 - 12/09/1999, cat. no. 55
Bibliography
- Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, il. 30
- Barr, Alfred H., Jr., Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936, il. 320
- "Marvelous & Fantastic", Time, 14/12/1936, New York, p. 61
- John G. Frey, "From Dada to Surrealism", Parnassus, 31/12/1936, New York, p. 12
- A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 44
- Salvador Dalí, Le Mythe tragique de l'Angélus de Millet : interprétation "paranoïaque-critique", Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1963, p. 28
- Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Barcelona, Madrid, 1975, p. 205
- He näkevät mitä me emme näe. Turkulaista surrealismia 1932-1976, Turun Taidemuseo, WälmÑi Aaltosen museo, [S. l.], 1977, p. 9, il. 8
- Salvador Dalí, El Mito trágico del Angelus de Millet, Tusquets, Barcelona, 1978, p. 27
- Salvador Dalí, Oui 1. La révolution paranoïaque-critique, Denoël, Gonthier, Paris, 1979, n. p. (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, Oui 2. L'archangélisme scientifique, Denoël, Gonthier, Paris, 1979, p. [41] (detail)
- Peter Gorsen, Kunst und Krankheit, Metamorphosen der ästhetischen Einbildungskraft, Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am main, 1980, p. 195
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- Grands Peintres : Dalí, COGEDI-PRESSE, Paris, 1988, cover, p. 2
- Entender la pintura : Dalí, Orbis - Fabri, Barcelona, 1989, p. 22
- Paul Moorhouse, Dalí, Magna Books, Wigston [Anglaterra], 1990, p. 19
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- Briony Fer, David Batchelor, Paul Wood, Realism, rationalism, surrealism : art between the wars, Yale University Press in association with the Open University, New Haven & London, 1993, p. 224 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1994, n. p.
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 249
- Dalí, Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1994, p. 7
- David Carter, Salvador Dalí, Chelsea House, New York - Philadelphia, 1995, p. 14 (indirect image)
- A surreal life: Edward James, 1907-1984, Royal Pavillion, Librairies & Museums, Brighton & Hove, Philip Wilson, London, 1998, p. 53
- Surrealism: two private eyes, the Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi collections, Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York, 1999, p. 110
- Dalí's optical illusions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000, p. 31
- Patrice Schmitt, Étude psychanalytique de la création chez Salvador Dalí, Lacour-Ollé, Nimes, 2004, il. 2.6
- Mary Ann Caws, Surrealism, Phaidon, London, 2004, p. 36
- Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Ensayos 2, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Barcelona, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2005, p. 421
- Dalí, Unidad Editorial, [S. l.], 2005, p. 137
- Angela Wenzel, The Mad, mad, mad world of Salvador Dali, Prestel, Munich, 2007, p. 22
- -, -, -, Marc Aufraise, Marc Aufraise, Caroline Barbier de reulle, Marijke Peyser-Verhaar, Astrid Ruffa, Ha, Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne [Coberta] | [Sumari] | Éditorial | Les prémices du théâtre photographique de Salvador Dalí (1932-1933) | Portraits de fantasmes | Salvador Dalí et la musiqu, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012, p. 76-77
- Shûzô Takigushi, Dalí : Tokio, 1939, Notari, Genève, 2012, il. 33 (indirect image)
- William Jeffett, Juan José Lahuerta, Picasso-Dalí, Dalí-Picasso, Museu Picasso, Salvador Dalí Museum, Barcelona, Sant Petersburg, 2014, p. 50 (indirect image)
- Dali : poetics of the small, 1929-1936, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2018, p. 34, p. 35
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