The Temptation of St. Anthony
Cat. no. P 625
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Description
- Date:
- 1946
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 89.5 x 119.5 cm
- Signature:
- Signed and dated lower right: Gala Salvador Dali 1946
- Location:
- Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Provenance
- H. Robiliart, Brussels
- Anne-Marie Robiliart, Brussels
Observations
Salvador Dalí was one of several internationally acclaimed artists to take part in the competition to design the poster for the film Bel Ami, an adaptation of the novel by Guy de Maupassant.
Exhibitions
- 1946, Washington. D.C., The American Federation of Arts, The Temptation of st. Anthony. Bel Ami International Art Competition, 1946/1947, no reference
- 1946, New York, Knoedler Gallery, The Temptation of Saint Anthony: Bel Ami International Art Competition and Exhibition of Paintings, 16/09/1946 - 28/09/1946
- 1950, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The Pittsburgh international exhibition of paintings, 19/10/1950 - 21/12/1950, cat. no. 259
- 1954, Roma, Sale dell'Aurora Pallavicini, Mostra di quadri disegni ed oreficerie di Salvador Dalí, 13/03/1954 - 30/06/1954, cat. no. 6
- 1958, Bruxelles, Palais International des Beaux-Arts, 50 ans d'art moderne, 17/04/1958 - 19/10/1958, cat. no. 67
- 1959, Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, L'École de Paris dans les collections belges, July 9th, 1959, cat. no. 35
- 1968, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Hedendaagse Spaanse Kunst : van Picasso tot Genovés, 05/07/1968 - 25/08/1968, cat. no. 30
- 1968, Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salvador Dali : peintures, aquarelles, dessins, estampes, etc, 01/03/1968 - 31/03/1968, cat. no. 17
- 1970, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Dalí, 21/11/1970 - 10/01/1971, cat. no. 77
- 1971, Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Dalí: Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Schmuck, 29/01/1971 - 28/03/1971, cat. no. 63
- 1973, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dali, 06/10/1973 - 02/12/1973, cat. no. 28
- 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 199
- 1985, Charleroi, Palais des Beaux Arts, Picasso, Miró, Dalí : évocations d'Espagne, 26/09/1985 - 22/12/1985, cat. no. 35
- 2004, Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, Dalí, 12/09/2004 - 16/01/2005, cat. no. 212
- 2011, Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Surrealism in Paris, 02/10/2011 - 29/01/2012, p. 249
- 2012, Paris, Centre Pompidou, Dalí, 21/11/2012 - 25/03/2013, p. 269
- 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. 269
Bibliography
- The Temptation of st. Anthony, The American Federation of Arts, Washington, 1946-1947, p. 18
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