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After “God Separating the Earth from the Waters” by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2017
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2017
image 2

Cat. no. P 1116

Untitled

After “God Separating the Earth from the Waters” by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel

Description

Date:
c. 1977
Technique:
Oil on plywood panel
Dimensions:
127 x 195.5 cm
Signature:
Unsigned and undated
Location:
Town Hall of Figueres, on permanent deposit at the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres

Provenance

  1. Artist's collection

Observations

In the most scenographic part of his Theatre-Museum, Dalí makes reference to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel (entries 1116, 1117 i 1118). He commented on this in an interview with Joaquín Soler Serrano for the television programme "A fondo", broadcast on 27/11/1977 (image 2)

Bibliography

  1. Salvador Dalí, "Il messaggero degli dei", Harper's Bazaar, 01/1982, Milano, n. p. (indirect image)
  2. Robert Descharnes, Dalí : la obra y el hombre, Tusquets, Edita, Barcelona, Lausanne, 1984, p. 402 (indirect image) (detail)
  3. Dalí capital de Figueres, Ajuntament de Figueres, Figueres, 1984, il. 392
  4. Costa Brava, Secretaria Nacional de Turismo, Madrid, 1987, p. 22 (indirect image)
  5. Nuria Munarriz, "La vida de Dalí se apaga, a pesar de su gran resistencia, afirma el doctor Carles Ponsatí", La Vanguardia, 23/01/1989, Barcelona, p. 46 (indirect image)
  6. "Pass beiseite", Der Spiegel, 30/01-05/02/1989, Hamburg, p. 184 (indirect image)
  7. Dalí: Il sogno del Classico, Skira, Milano, 2016, p. 46 (indirect image), p. 53 (indirect image), p. 54
  8. Antoni Pitxot, Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Teatre-Museu Dalí. Figueres, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Triangle Postals, [Figueres], Sant Lluís, Menorca, 2016, p. 52 (indirect image), p. 54-55 (indirect image), p. 60-61 (indirect image), p. 68 (indirect image), p. 69 (indirect image)

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