The Font

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2004 USA: © Salvador Dalí Museum Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, 2007

Cat. no. P 248

The Font

Description

Date:
1930
Technique:
Oil and collage on board
Dimensions:
66 x 41 cm
Signature:
Signed and dated center on panel of box: Salvador Dali 1930
Location:
The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg (Florida)

Provenance

  1. Edward Wassermann, New York
  2. Julien Levy Gallery, New York
  3. E. and A. Reynolds Morse, Cleveland (Ohio)

Exhibitions

  1. 1933, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Salvador Dalí, 21/11/1933 - 08/12/1933, cat. no. 24
  2. 1936, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic art dada surrealism, 09/12/1936 - 17/01/1937, cat. no. 311
  3. 1941, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 19/11/1941 - 11/01/1942, cat. no. 7
  4. 1942, Indianapolis, The John Herron Art Institute (Indianapolis Museum of Art), [Exhibition of paintings by Salvador Dali], 05/04/1942 - 04/05/1942, cat. no. 7
  5. 1943, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Exhibition of paintings by Salvador Dali, 15/03/1943 - 12/04/1943, no reference
  6. 1947, Cleveland, Ohio, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Salvador Dalí, an exhibition, 08/10/1947 - 09/11/1947, cat. no. 2
  7. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, cat. no. 32
  8. 1994, London, Hayward Gallery, Salvador Dalí: the early years, 03/03/1994 - 30/05/1994, cat. no. 118
  9. 1998, Liverpool, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, 21/10/1998 - 31/01/1999, cat. no. 7
  10. 1998, Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Dali Monumental, 25/03/1998 - 27/05/1998, il. 20
  11. 1999, Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Dali exhibition 1999, 12/06/1999 - 20/08/1999, cat. no. 17
  12. 2004, Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, Dalí, 12/09/2004 - 16/01/2005, cat. no. 81
  13. 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 01/06/2007 - 09/09/2007, il. 75
  14. 2007, St. Petersburg, Fl., Salvador Dalí Museum, Dalí and the Spanish Baroque, 02/02/2007 - 24/06/2007, cat. no. 8
  15. 2010, Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Salvador Dalí: The late work, 07/07/2010 - 09/02/2011, cat. no. 3

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  2. James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, p. 37
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