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

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2014

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

  1. Abegg, Zurich
  2. Staemphli Gallery, New York
  3. Mrs. Frederic H. Lassiter, Greenwich, Conn.
  4. Auctioned at Sotheby's, London, November 11th, 1999

Exhibitions

  1. 1954, New York City, Carstairs Gallery, Dali 1954, December 1954 - January 1955, cat. no. 1
  2. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, addendum p. 4

Bibliography

  1. "Verdens mest omstridte maler sjokkerer og begeistrer amerika", Dagbladet, 30/12/1954, Oslo, p. 5
  2. Javier Dalfo Hors, "Dalí el fenómeno de Port - Lligat", Rumbos, 31/05/1956, Madrid, Barcelona, n. p. (detail) (indirect image)
  3. Dalí, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1957, p. 9 (detail)
  4. A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 72
  5. Harold Rosenberg, "A state of mind", New York Times, 26/12/1965, New York, N.y., n. p. (detail)
  6. "Dali and surrealism", Journal, 13/02/1966, Sioux City, Iowa, n. p. (detail)
  7. Max Gérard, Dalí de Draeger, Blume, Barcelona, 1968, il. 174
  8. Dali par Dali, Draeger, [Paris], 1970, p. 48 (detail)
  9. José Angelo Gaiarsa, Respiraçao e imaginaçao, Jose Angelo Gaiarsa, Sao Paulo, 1971, p. 62 (detail), p. 88 (detail)
  10. Ninety-three oils by Salvador Dalí : 1917-1970, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1973, p. 132
  11. Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dali Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 132
  12. Jacques Dopagne, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1974, il. 68
  13. Antonio D. Olano, Dalí, secreto, Dopesa, Barcelona, 1975, p. n
  14. Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Barcelona, Madrid, 1975, p. 174 (detail)
  15. Toni Bernard, "Los Dalis de Dali [Coberta]", Centro moda, Primavera 1975, Barcelona, p. 2 (detail)
  16. "Le grand Dali et la petite folle [Coberta]", Dialogues Homophiles, 31/10/1977, Paris, p. 8-9 (detail)
  17. Homage to Dalí, Chartwell Books, Secaucus, New Jersey, [1980], p. 88
  18. A. M Campoy, "Con él siguió el escándalo", Abc, 05/06/1980, Madrid, p. 11
  19. "«Ich war phänomenal»", Der Spiegel, 17/09/1984, Hamburg, [p. 227] (detail)
  20. 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)
  21. Sarane Alexandrian, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1985, il. 68
  22. Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Buñuel, Lorca y Dalí: el enigma sin fin, Planeta, Barcelona, 1988, p. 282
  23. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 470
  24. Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 235
  25. Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 78
  26. Warum tut das Loch in meiner Hand nicht weh?, Tympano, München, 2000, p. 63
  27. Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXXX
  28. Artcurial : collection Perrot Moore, Artcurial : Briest - Poulain - Le Fur, Paris, 2003, p. 260
  29. 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)
  30. Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, p. 152
  31. El Llibre de l'any. Biblioteca bàsica de les comarques gironines, Hermes Comunicacions, El Punt, Girona, 2004, p. 284 (indirect image) (detail)
  32. Persistence and memory : new critical perspectives on Dalí centennial, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 179 (detail)
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  35. Salvador Dalí à la croisée des savoirs, Desjonquères, Paris, 2007, p. 84 (2 details)
  36. Alain Vircondelet, Les Couples mythiques de l'art, Beaux-arts, Turin, 2011, p. 41 (detail)
  37. Dalí atómico, Fundación Bancaria "la Caixa", [Barcelona], 2018, p. 142, p. 152

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