Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Salvador Dalí

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My Wife, Nude, Contemplating her own flesh becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture

My Wife, Nude, Contemplating her own flesh becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2011

Cat. no. P 598

My Wife, Nude, Contemplating her own flesh becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture

Description

Date:
1945
Technique:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
61 x 52 cm
Signature:
Signed and dated lower left: Gala Salvador Dali / 1945
Location:
Private collection

Provenance

  1. John Perona, New York
  2. Acquavella Galleries, New York
  3. Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Corcuera, Mexico
  4. Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, November 16th, 1986
  5. José Mugrabi, New York
  6. Auctioned at Sotheby's, London, December 4th, 2000

Exhibitions

  1. 1945, New York, Bignou Gallery, Recent paintings by Salvador Dali, 20/11/1945 - 29/12/1945, cat. no. 4
  2. 1979, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, 18/12/1979 - 21/04/1980, cat. no. 230
  3. 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 198
  4. 1983, Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 400 obras de Salvador Dalí del 1914 al 1983, 15/04/1983 - 29/05/1983, cat. no. 210
  5. 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 234
  6. 1989, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dali, 16/12/1989 - 11/03/1990, cat. no. 48
  7. 1990, Montréal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Salvador Dalí, 27/04/1990 - 29/07/1990, cat. no. 65
  8. 1996, Barcelona, La Pedrera, Dalí. Arquitectura, 19/06/1996 - 25/08/1996, cat. no. 22
  9. 1998, Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Dali Monumental, 25/03/1998 - 27/05/1998, il. 45
  10. 1998, Tokyo, Musée des Arts Idemitsu, André Malraux, notre ami, 20/10/1998 - 20/12/1998, cat. no. 260
  11. 2004, Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, Dalí, 12/09/2004 - 16/01/2005, cat. no. 208

Bibliography

  1. Recent paintings by Salvador Dali, Bignou Gallery, New York, 1945, il. 4
  2. Salvador Dalí, "Dali Triumphs in Apotheose of Homerus", Dali News, 20/11/1945, New York, N.y., p. 3 (detail)
  3. Edward Alden Jewell, "Cosy Surrealism. «Old Fashioned» Is the Word of Dalí - Modernists - A Kollwitz Memorial", New York Times, 25/11/1945, New York, n. p. (detail)
  4. "Napoleon's Mose & Other Objects", Time, 26/11/1945, New York, p. 77 (detail)
  5. Robert De Saint Jean, "Salvador Dali à New York", Formes Et Couleurs, 31/12/1945, Paris, n. p.
  6. James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, p. 79
  7. J.a. Gaya Nuño, "Esquema de Salvador Dalí", Cobalto, 15/07/1948, Barcelona, p. 39
  8. Denis Sutton, "Sur la peinture d' aujourd' hui ou", Combat, 04/08/1948, Paris, n. p. (detail)
  9. Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, Salvador Dalí, Omega, Barcelona, 1950, il. 39
  10. Salvador Dalí, 50 secretos mágicos para pintar, Luis de Caralt, Barcelona, 1951, p. 65
  11. Carlos Cid Priego, Superrealismo de ayer y hoy, Deyh Ediciones, Barcelona, 1951, p. [123]
  12. "Pintura. Caos internacional", Semana, 13/01/1951, Bogotá, p. 24 (detail)
  13. Madge Garland, The Changing face of beauty, M. Barrows, New York, 1957, p. 188
  14. Dalí, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1957, p. 7 (detail)
  15. A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 58
  16. José Angelo Gaiarsa, Respiraçao e imaginaçao, Jose Angelo Gaiarsa, Sao Paulo, 1971, p. 45 (detail), p. 88 (detail)
  17. "Vida Secreta de Salvador Dalí", Sensación Internacional, 31/12/1972, s. l., p. 9 (detail)
  18. Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, 1979, p. 295
  19. José Luis Rubio, "El último show de Dalí", Cambio 16, 16/12/1979, Madrid, p. 88
  20. Salvador Dalí, The Tate Gallery, London, 1980, il. 198
  21. Richard Roud, "A man for bright ideas", The Guardian, 05/01/1980, Manchester, p. 10 (detail)
  22. Victor Vincent, "Retrospective Dali au Centre Georges-Pompidou a Paris", Journal Des Arts Et Des Antiquaires Réunis, 28/02/1980, s. l., n. p. (detail)
  23. Fortunata Prieto Barral, "Salvador Dalí: proceso a un surrealista", Abc, 09/03/1980, Madrid, p. 14 (indirect image)
  24. Hugh Adams, "In Praise of Folly", Art And Artists, 31/03/1980, London, n. p. (detail)
  25. "Gala Dalí murío a los noventa y un años de edad", Abc, 11/06/1982, Madrid, p. 9
  26. 400 obres de Salvador Dalí del 1914 al 1983, Obra Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, [Madrid], 1983, p. 160
  27. Jaume Socias, Dalí, Nou Art, Barcelona, 1983, p. 28 (detail)
  28. Clarà, Dalí, Monturiol, Pla, Vayreda, Diputació Provincial de Girona, Nou Art Thor, Girona, Barcelona, 1983, p. 28 (detail)
  29. M.t. Berengueras, "Dalí desea que el príncipe Felipe le represente en la apertura de su antológica", El Correo Catalan, 15/04/1983, Barcelona, n. p. (detail)
  30. Francisco Nieva, "El príncipe representó a dalí", Pueblo, 16/04/1983, Madrid, p. 35 (indirect image)
  31. Dalí, Sarpe, Madrid, 1984, il. 34, p. 90
  32. Salvador Dalí, "[Laudatorios] Dalí y el Rey", Abc, 24/06/1985, Madrid, p. 5
  33. Grands Peintres : Dalí, COGEDI-PRESSE, Paris, 1988, p. 9
  34. Tim McGirk, Gala ¿musa o demonio?, Grijalbo, Barcelona, 1989, n. p.
  35. Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 305
  36. Entender la pintura : Dalí, Orbis - Fabri, Barcelona, 1989, p. 12
  37. Lluís Llongueras, Mi Dalí particular, [S.n.], [S.l.], 1989, p. 118
  38. Louisiana revy, [Louisiana Revy], Humlebaek, 1989, p. 19
  39. Les Modernes et les autres : cent ans d'art moderne dans le monde, Livre Total, Lausanne, 1990, p. 240
  40. Salvador Dalí, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, 1990, p. 121
  41. Luis Romero, PsicoDálico Dalí, Mediterranea, Barcelona, 1991, p. 134
  42. Salvador Dalí, 50 secrets of magic craftsmanship, Dover, New York, 1992, cover
  43. Marcel Duchamp, Thames & Hudson, London, 1993, [31 de Març]
  44. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 380
  45. Gonzague de Saint Bris, Vladimir Fedorovski, Las Musas rusas, Península, Barcelona, 1995, n. p.
  46. Dominique Bona, Gala, Flammarion, [París], 1995, n. p.
  47. From Gaudí to Tàpies : Catalan masters of the 20th Century, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura, Barcelona, 1996, p. 59
  48. Dalí. Arquitectura, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, [Figueres], [Barcelona], 1996, p. 143
  49. Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 60
  50. Fiona Bradley, Surrealism, Tate Gallery, London, 1997, p. 49
  51. Ian Gibson, The Shameful life of Salvador Dalí, Faber and Faber, London, 1997, il. XXXIII
  52. Dalí monumental, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Sao Paulo, 1998, p. 53
  53. André Malraux, notre ami, Musée des Arts Idemitsu, Tokyo, 1998, p. 174
  54. Salvador Dalí, Parkstone, England, 1999, p. 125
  55. Grandes maestros de la pintura : Dalí, Altaya, Barcelona, 2001, p. 15
  56. Marco Di Capua, Salvador Dalí : la vita e l'opera, Mondadori Electa, Milano, 2002, p. 220
  57. Annette Vezin, Luc Vezin, The 20th-century muse, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2003, cover (detail), [p. 107] (detail)
  58. Estrella de Diego, Querida Gala : las vidas ocultas de Gala y Dalí, Espasa, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 2003, n. p.
  59. The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 258
  60. Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 258
  61. Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXXIV
  62. Persistence and memory : new critical perspectives on Dalí centennial, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 108 (detail)
  63. Obra completa : Álbum, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Barcelona, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2004, p. 159
  64. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí : master of fantasies, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004, p. 115
  65. Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dali : le grand paranoïaque, Découvertes Gallimard Arts, París, 2004, p. 115
  66. Dalí, Rizzoli, New York, 2005, p. 337
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  70. Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Ensayos 1, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Barcelona, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2005, p. 561 (indirect image) (detail)
  71. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Estrella de Diego, Gala. Àlbum, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, [Figueres], 2007, il. 9
  72. Salvador Dalí: an illustrated life, Tate Publishing, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales - Ministerio de Cultura, London, [Figueres], [Madrid], 2007, p. 159
  73. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Juan José Lahuerta, Salvador Dalí i les revistes, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, [Figueres], 2008, il. 246 (indirect image)
  74. Mary Ann Caws, Salvador Dalí, Reaktion Books, London, 2008, p. 112
  75. Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 42
  76. Salvador Dalí : the late work, High Museum of Art, Yale University Press, Atlanta, New Haven and London, 2010, p. 21
  77. Catherine Grenier, Salvador Dalí : l'invention de soi, Flammarion, París, 2011, p. 185
  78. "LOS BALLETS DALINIANOS de Bacanal a Sacrificio", ARTE Y PARTE, 01/04/2013, s. l., p. 52 (detail)
  79. Disney & Dalí : architects of the imagination, Disney, Los Angeles, New York, 2015, p. 120 (indirect image)

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