Dali, nude, entranced in the contemplation of five regular bodies metamorphosed in corpuscles, in which suddenly appears Leonardo's "Leda", chromosomatised by the face of Gala
Cat. no. P 687
Dali, nude, entranced in the contemplation of five regular bodies metamorphosed in corpuscles, in which suddenly appears Leonardo's "Leda", chromosomatised by the face of Gala
Description
- Date:
- c. 1954
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 61 x 46 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Location:
- Private collection
Provenance
- Abegg, Zurich
- Staemphli Gallery, New York
- Mrs. Frederic H. Lassiter, Greenwich, Conn.
- Auctioned at Sotheby's, London, November 11th, 1999
Exhibitions
- 1954, New York City, Carstairs Gallery, Dali 1954, December 1954 - January 1955, cat. no. 1
- 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, addendum p. 4
Bibliography
- "Verdens mest omstridte maler sjokkerer og begeistrer amerika", Dagbladet, 30/12/1954, Oslo, p. 5
- Javier Dalfo Hors, "Dalí el fenómeno de Port - Lligat", Rumbos, 31/05/1956, Madrid, Barcelona, n. p. (detail) (indirect image)
- Dalí, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1957, p. 9 (detail)
- A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 72
- Harold Rosenberg, "A state of mind", New York Times, 26/12/1965, New York, N.y., n. p. (detail)
- "Dali and surrealism", Journal, 13/02/1966, Sioux City, Iowa, n. p. (detail)
- Max Gérard, Dalí de Draeger, Blume, Barcelona, 1968, il. 174
- Dali par Dali, Draeger, [Paris], 1970, p. 48 (detail)
- José Angelo Gaiarsa, Respiraçao e imaginaçao, Jose Angelo Gaiarsa, Sao Paulo, 1971, p. 62 (detail), p. 88 (detail)
- Ninety-three oils by Salvador Dalí : 1917-1970, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1973, p. 132
- Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 132
- Jacques Dopagne, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1974, il. 68
- Antonio D. Olano, Dalí, secreto, Dopesa, Barcelona, 1975, p. n
- Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Barcelona, Madrid, 1975, p. 174 (detail)
- Toni Bernard, "Los Dalis de Dali [Coberta]", Centro moda, Primavera 1975, Barcelona, p. 2 (detail)
- "Le grand Dali et la petite folle [Coberta]", Dialogues Homophiles, 31/10/1977, Paris, p. 8-9 (detail)
- Homage to Dalí, Chartwell Books, Secaucus, New Jersey, [1980], p. 88
- A. M Campoy, "Con él siguió el escándalo", Abc, 05/06/1980, Madrid, p. 11
- "«Ich war phänomenal»", Der Spiegel, 17/09/1984, Hamburg, [p. 227] (detail)
- Antonio D. Olano, Nacimiento, vida, pasión, muerte, resurrección y gloria de Salvador, Domingo, Felipe, Jacinto Dalí Doménech, Cusí y Farrés, Marqués de Dalí y Púbol, Dyrsa, Madrid, 1985, dustjacket (detail)
- Sarane Alexandrian, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1985, il. 68
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Buñuel, Lorca y Dalí: el enigma sin fin, Planeta, Barcelona, 1988, p. 282
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 470
- Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 235
- Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 78
- Warum tut das Loch in meiner Hand nicht weh?, Tympano, München, 2000, p. 63
- Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXXX
- Artcurial : collection Perrot Moore, Artcurial : Briest - Poulain - Le Fur, Paris, 2003, p. 260
- Dalí a l'Empordà : la mirada dels fotògrafs empordanesos, Amics dels Museus Dalí, Figueres, 2003, p. 18-19 (indirect image), p. 116-117 (indirect image)
- Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, p. 152
- El Llibre de l'any. Biblioteca bàsica de les comarques gironines, Hermes Comunicacions, El Punt, Girona, 2004, p. 284 (indirect image) (detail)
- Persistence and memory : new critical perspectives on Dalí centennial, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 179 (detail)
- Dalí, Unidad Editorial, [S. l.], 2005, p. 6, p. 5, p. 167
- Marta Luna, Toni Matas, Dalí i els altres secrets, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, Figueres, 2006, p. 23
- Salvador Dalí à la croisée des savoirs, Desjonquères, Paris, 2007, p. 84 (2 details)
- Alain Vircondelet, Les Couples mythiques de l'art, Beaux-arts, Turin, 2011, p. 41 (detail)
- Dalí atómico, Fundación Bancaria "la Caixa", [Barcelona], 2018, p. 142, p. 152
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