Painting of Gala looking at the Mediterranean sea which from a distance of 20 meters is transformed into a portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)

Portrait of Gala looking onto the Mediterranean sea which from a distance of 20 metres is transformed into a portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)

Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea at Twenty Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln-Homage to Rothko (Second Version)

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

Cat. no. P 871

Painting of Gala looking at the Mediterranean sea which from a distance of 20 meters is transformed into a portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)

Portrait of Gala looking onto the Mediterranean sea which from a distance of 20 metres is transformed into a portrait of Abraham Lincoln (Homage to Rothko)

Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea at Twenty Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln-Homage to Rothko (Second Version)

Description

Date:
c. 1976
Technique:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
252.2 x 191.9 cm
Signature:
Signed lower right: Salvador Dalí
Location:
The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg (Florida)

Provenance

  1. Blinder
  2. Martin Lawrence
  3. Minami Museum, Tokyo
  4. Private collection, Japan
  5. Acquavella Galleries, New York

Exhibitions

  1. 1976, New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Salvador Dalí. Special Main Floor Installation, 25/05/1976 - 11/06/1976, no reference
  2. 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 241
  3. 1982, Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Rétrospective Salvador Dalí 1982, 28/02/1982 - 06/04/1982, cat. no. 31

Bibliography

  1. Robert Descharnes, S. Terayama, Dalí: the book of great masters, Zauho, Tokyo, 1978, il. 15, p. 122 (indirect image)
  2. Josep Pla, Salvador Dalí (il.), Obres de museu, DASA, Figueres, 1981, p. 114
  3. Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1982, il. 130
  4. Rétrospective Salvador Dalí 1982, Edition Art Life, [S.l.], 1982, cat. no. 31
  5. Distribucions d'art surrealista, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, Barcelona, 1983, p. 8
  6. Luis Romero, "Un teatro-museo-personal", Interviu, 05/12/1984, Madrid, p. 68
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  22. Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : the reality of dreams, Prestel, Munich, London, New York, 2011, p. 106 (indirect image) (detail), p. 107

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