Birth of a Goddess

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

Cat. no. P 776

Birth of a Goddess

Description

Date:
1960
Technique:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
36 x 26 cm
Signature:
Signed and dated lower right corner: Dali 1960
Location:
Private collection

Provenance

  1. Drue Heinz collection, New York

Observations

According to the "News" dated December 11, 1960, this painting was shown at the exhibition held at the Carstairs Gallery, New York, from November 1960 to January1961. The exhibition catalogue does not mention the painting, but the "News" article indicates that this work was included as part of the show.

Exhibitions

  1. 1960, New York, Carstairs Gallery, Salvador Dali, December 1960 - January 1961, not included in catalogue
  2. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, addendum p. 4
  3. 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 267

Bibliography

  1. Michael Lenson, "Surrealist", News, 11/12/1960, Newark, N.j., n. p. (detail)
  2. Dali by Dali, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1970, p. 13 (detail)
  3. Dali par Dali, Draeger, [Paris], 1970, p. 13 (detail)
  4. José Angelo Gaiarsa, Respiraçao e imaginaçao, Jose Angelo Gaiarsa, Sao Paulo, 1971, p. 81 (detail)
  5. Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Barcelona, Madrid, 1975, p. 234
  6. Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1983, cover, il. 119
  7. Salvador Dalí Domenech, "Dalí: esplendor y ocaso [coberta]", Tele Radio, 15/04/1983, Madrid, p. 17 (detail)
  8. Dalí, Sarpe, Madrid, 1984, il. 46, p. 92
  9. Josep Vallès i Rovira, Dalí delit Empordà, Carles Vallès, Figueres, 1987, p. 146
  10. Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 353
  11. René Passeron, Salvador Dalí, Ars Mundi, [S.l.], 1990, p. 101
  12. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 533
  13. Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXXVIII

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