St. George the Dragon-KillerThe Ear of Wheat
- 1947
- Oil on canvas
- 51 x 30 cm (20.08" x 11.81")
- Signed and dated lower right corner: Gala Salvador Dali 1947
- Collection CHANEL
Cat. no.
639
Provenance
Gabrielle Chanel
Comments
We have titled this work St. George the Dragon-Killer because it appears under this name as item No. 10 in the catalogue of the exhibition at the Carstairs Gallery in New York from 25 November 1947 to 3 January 1948. *Although the “*The “I Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte” (1st Biennial of Latin American Art) was held in Madrid and Barcelona. In Madrid from 12th October 1951 to 28th February 1952, although we know that Dalí’s works were exhibited only during the shorter period of time we have indicated in the Exhibitions section. In Barcelona, during March 1952, although we know that Dalí’s works were exhibited for the longer period of time we have indicated in the Exhibitions section.
Exhibitions
1947, New York, Bignou Gallery, New Paintings by Salvador Dali, cat. no. 10
1951, London, The Lefevre Gallery, Dalí, cat. no. 8
1951, Madrid, Salas de la Sociedad Españoña de Amigos del Arte, 1º Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte *, no reference *
1952, Barcelona, Museo de Arte Moderno, I Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte *, cat. no. 7
1952, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Phantastische Kunst des XX.Jahrhunderts, cat. no. 66
Bibliography
A. Oriol Anguera, Mentira y verdad de Salvador Dalí, Cobalto, Barcelona, 1948, p. XLIV
New Paintings by Salvador Dali, Bignou Gallery, New York, 1948, n. p.
C. Sentis, Carta al padre de Salvador Dalí, "Destino", Barcelona, 1948, p. 4
Off Guard in an Art Gallery, "Look", Des Moines, Iowa, 1948, p. 31
R. D. Faraldo, Salvador Dalí, en la I Bienal, "Ya", Madrid, 1952
J. Camón Aznar, El arte de Dalí, "ABC", Madrid, 1952
R. Descharnes, G. Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989 (vol. II), Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 419
Dalí, Rizzoli, New York, 2005, p. 372
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