Quasi-grey picture which, closely seen, is an abstract one; seen from two metres is the Sistine Madonna of Raphael; and from fifteen metres is the ear of an angel measuring one metre and a half; which is painted with anti-matter; therefore with pure energy

Antimatter Ear

Madonna

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2014 Photo © 1987 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cat. no. P 734

Quasi-grey picture which, closely seen, is an abstract one; seen from two metres is the Sistine Madonna of Raphael; and from fifteen metres is the ear of an angel measuring one metre and a half; which is painted with anti-matter; therefore with pure energy

Antimatter Ear

Madonna

Description

Date:
1958
Technique:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
225.7 x 191.1 cm
Signature:
Signed and dated center left: Dalí / 1958
Location:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Drue Heinz, in memory of Mr. Henry J. Heinz, 1987

Provenance

  1. Carstairs Gallery, New York
  2. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II, New York

Exhibitions

  1. 1958, New York, Carstairs Gallery, Salvador Dali, December 1958 - January 1959, cat. no. 1
  2. 1960, New York, D'Arcy Galleries, Internation Surrealist Exhibition: Surrealist Intrusion in the Enchanters Domain, 29/11/1960 - 14/01/1961, cat. no. 32
  3. 1963, Fredericton, The Beaverbook Art Gallery, The Dunn International an exhibition of contemporary art, 07/09/1963 - 06/10/1963, cat. no. 19
  4. 1964, Tokyo, Tokyo Prince Hotel Gallery, Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, 08/09/1964 - 18/10/1964, cat. no. 56
  5. 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18/12/1965 - 13/03/1966, addendum p. 4
  6. 1970, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Dalí, 21/11/1970 - 10/01/1971, cat. no. 86
  7. 1971, Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Dalí: Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Schmuck, 29/01/1971 - 28/03/1971, cat. no. 71
  8. 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 217
  9. 1982, Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Rétrospective Salvador Dalí 1982, 28/02/1982 - 06/04/1982, cat. no. 21
  10. 1985, Charleroi, Palais des Beaux Arts, Picasso, Miró, Dalí : évocations d'Espagne, 26/09/1985 - 22/12/1985, cat. no. 40
  11. 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 264
  12. 2004, Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, Dalí, 12/09/2004 - 16/01/2005, cat. no. 233
  13. 2007, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Lo[s] Cinético[s], 27/03/2007 - 20/08/2007, p. 83
  14. 2010, Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Salvador Dalí: The late work, 07/07/2010 - 09/02/2011, cat. no. 27

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  1. "The Dali News", Time, 05/01/1959, New York, n. p.
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  3. [Salvador Dalí «The Ear of an Angel» French Masters of the XIX and XX Century. Carstairs Gallery] [anunci], The Burlington Magazine, 31/12/1960, London, p. XVIII
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