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Character. Element of the Cupola-Stage of the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres
Cat. no. P 1129
Untitled
Character. Element of the Cupola-Stage of the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres
Description
- Date:
- 1977
- Technique:
- Oil on plywood panel
- Dimensions:
- 320 x 690 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Location:
- Town Hall of Figueres, on permanent deposit at the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres
Provenance
- Artist's collection
Observations
According to the testimony of Antoni Pitxot, Dalí drew inspiration from the Italian painter Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585) for the painting of the figures and characters we see in the dome of the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres (image 2). Dalí spoke of this group as a "Parade of giants with victorious angels", according to reports in the press of the time ("Salvador Dalí dona más obras a su museo de Figueras", Los Sitios, July 24, 1977, or "Nueva donación de Dalí", Ampurdán, July 27, 1977, Figueres). This figure, which seems to be spreading out a sheet, makes reference to the action of the painters during the refurbishment of the Theatre-Museum.
Bibliography
- Antonio Fernández Molina, Dalí, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Servicio de Publicaciones, [Pamplona], 1978, p. [79] (indirect image) (detail)
- Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera, Salvador Dalí, Nauta, Barcelona, 1980, il. 36 (indirect image)
- Dalí capital de Figueres, Ajuntament de Figueres, Figueres, 1984, il. 387
- Luis Romero, "Un teatro-museo-personal", Interviu, 05/12/1984, Madrid, [p. 74] (indirect image)
- Catalunya Universal : El Museu Picasso, la Fundació Miró y el Teatre-Museu Dalí, La Vanguardia, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1990, p. 25 (indirect image) (detail)
- José Luis Giménez-Frontín, Teatre-Museu Dalí, Tusquets, Electa, [Barcelona], Madrid, 1994, p. 66
- Barbara Borngässer, Katalonien : Kunst - Landschaft - Architektur, Könemann, Köln, 2000, p. 104 (indirect image) (detail), p. 105 (indirect image) (detail)
- Style Barcelona 2002, Book Style, Barcelona, 2002, p. 362 (indirect image) (detail)
- Museo de museos : 25 museos de arte contemporáneo en la España de la Constitución, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, [Madrid], 2003, p. 83 (indirect image) (detail)
- Congress Guide, Girona Convention Bureau, Cambra de comerç de Girona, Girona, 2003-2004, p. 20 (indirect image) (detail), p. 21 (indirect image) (detail)
- Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí de Figueres, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2005, p. 10 (indirect image) (detail), p. 34 (indirect image) (detail), p. 39 (indirect image) (detail), p. 52 (indirect image), p. 56 (indirect image)
- Reynald Montaigu, Elisabeth Mazoyer, Jean-Patrick Mazoyer, Así es el mundo : Espagnol seconde, Belin, Paris, 2005, p. 39 (indirect image)
- Dalí. Noves fronteres de la ciència, l'art i el pensament, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura, Barcelona, 2005, p. 166 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dali centennial retrospective, Ueno Royal Museum, Ueno, 2006, p. 231 (indirect image) (detail)
- Eduard Carbonell i Esteller, Viator : patrimonio natural y monumental en el entorno de les autopistas, Fundació Abertis, Lunwerg, [Castellet i la Gornal], Barcelona, 2009, p. 154 (indirect image) (detail)
- Restaurando arte contemporáneo : Georgina Berini : textos y testimonio, Libros Pórtico, Zaragoza, 2009, p. 73 (indirect image)
- Figueres, Ajuntament de Figueres, Figueres, [2011], n. p.
- La Bíblia de Bonart, Bonart Cultural, [Girona], 2015, p. [36] (indirect image)
- Dalí: Il sogno del Classico, Skira, Milano, 2016, p. 52 (indirect image)
- Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí. Figueres, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2016, p. 10 (indirect image) )(detail), p. 34 (indirect image) )(detail), p. 40 (indirect image) )(detail), p. 42 (indirect image) )(detail), p. 52, p. 62 (indirect image) )(detail)
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