The bread on the head, and the prodigal with the father
The Bread on the Head and the Prodigal Son
Cat. no. P 432
The bread on the head, and the prodigal with the father
The Bread on the Head and the Prodigal Son
Description
- Date:
- 1936
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 22 x 17 cm
- Signature:
- Signed and dated lower center: Gala Salvador Dali 193[6]
- Location:
- Private collection
Provenance
- Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut
- Auctioned at Sotheby's, London, December 4th, 1974
Observations
This painting is entitled "The bread on the head and the prodigal with the father" for we believe it corresponds to the work Dalí presented at the exhibition held at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York from December 10th 1936 to January 9th 1937, number 10.
Exhibitions
- 1936, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Souvenir - Catalogue, 10/12/1936 - 09/01/1937, cat. no. 10
Bibliography
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 267
- Sebastià Roig, Jordi Puig, Dalí : el triangle de l'Empordà, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, Figueres, Menorca, 2003, p. 6
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