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Radiators Covering Radiators. "Trompe-l'oeil"

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2017

Cat. no. P 841

Untitled

Radiators Covering Radiators. "Trompe-l'oeil"

Description

Date:
c. 1972
Technique:
Oil on metal plate
Dimensions:
229 x 105 cm
Signature:
Unsigned and undated
Location:
Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres. Dalí bequest

Provenance

  1. Artist's collection

Observations

This work is in the Piano Room of the Gala Dalí Castle in Púbol and is described in the special publication marking the fiftieth anniversary of the French edition of "Vogue" magazine, made by Dalí at the end of 1971, as follows: "Des paravents peints en trompe-l’oeil représentant des radiateurs de chauffage central pour cacher ceux-ci" (Screens painted in trompe-l’oeil representing central heating radiators in order to hide these).

Bibliography

  1. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 600
  2. Antoni Pitxot, Josep Playà i Maset, Castell Gala Dalí : el camí de Púbol, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Escudo de oro, [Figueres], [Barcelona], 1997, p. 30
  3. Barbara Borngässer, Katalonien : Kunst - Landschaft - Architektur, Könemann, Köln, 2000, p. 107 (indirect image) (detail)
  4. Salvador Dalí : collection Marc Lacroix et à divers Salvador Dalí et ses photographes, Yann Le Mouel, Paris, 2005, p. 48 (indirect image)
  5. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Jordi Puig, Casa - Museu Castell Gala Dalí : Púbol, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2011, p. 57 (indirect image)

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