The Opera. The Seven Lively Arts
Grand Opera
Cat. no. P 724
The Opera. The Seven Lively Arts
Grand Opera
Description
- Date:
- 1957
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 93 cm
- Signature:
- Signed and dated lower left: Dalí / 1957
- Location:
- Private collection
Provenance
- Billy Rose, New York
- Georges Farkas
- Alex Maguy, Paris
- Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, November 12th, 1988
- Private collection
- Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, May 14th, 1997
- Private collection
- Auctioned at Christie's, New York, November 9th, 2006
Observations
Exhibitions
- 1962, Wallingford, Conn., The Choate School, The Georges Farkas Collections of Old and Modern Art Masterpieces, January - June 1962, no reference
- 1964, Hollywood Boulevard, Municipal Art Gallery, An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Salvador Dalí, 20/11/1964 - 20/12/1964, cat. no. 11
- 1973, Paris, Alex Maguy. Galerie de l'Elysée, Alex Maguy présente 7 tableaux de Dalí, 15/05/1973 - 08/06/1973, no reference
Bibliography
- Louise Sweeney, "A Cash-and-Carry With Chandelier", Herald-tribune, 22/08/1965, New York., n. p. (indirect image)
- James T. Prior, "George Farkas - Driving Force Behind Success Of Alexander's", Record, 06/04/1967, Hackensack, N.j., n. p. (indirect image)
- Alex Maguy présente 7 tableaux de Dalí, Alex Maguy. Galerie de l'Elysée, Paris, 1973, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí, "Alex Maguy présente 7 tableaux de Dali", [galerie de L'elysée], 15/05/1973, Paris, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 338
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 494
- Silvia Borghesi, Dalí, Electa, Milán, 2004, p. 101
- Dalí, Rizzoli, New York, 2005, p. 384
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