The Birth of a New World
Nativity of a New World
Cat. no. P 562
The Birth of a New World
Nativity of a New World
Description
- Date:
- 1942
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 35.5 x 45 cm
- Signature:
- Signed and dated lower right corner: Gala / Salvador / Dali / 1942
- Location:
- Private collection
Provenance
- Bignou Gallery, New York
- Otto Spaeth, Dayton, Ohio
- Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York
- Private collection
- Auctioned at Sotheby's, London, February 4th, 2003
Exhibitions
- 1943, New York, Galleries of M. Knoedler, Dalí, 14/04/1943 - 05/05/1943, cat. no. 5b
- 1944, Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Religious art of today : painting, sculpture, drawings liturgical objects, architecture, 11/04/1944 - 01/06/1944, cat. no. 7
- 1946, Boston, The Institute of Modern Art, Four Spaniards : Dali, Gris, Miro, Picasso, 24/01/1946 - 03/03/1946, cat. no. 12
- 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13/05/1989 - 23/07/1989, cat. no. 224
Bibliography
- Raymond Gram Swing, "Nativity of a New World", Esquire: The Magazine For Men, 31/12/1942, Chicago, Ill., p. 41-42
- Frank Getlein, Dorothy Getlein, Christianity in modern art, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, 1961, p. 85
- Guy Northrop, "A hobby turns into «the gallery»", Commercial Appeal, 07/03/1965, Memphis, Tenn., n. p.
- "Exhibitors", Times, 09/11/1967, Willston Park, N.y., n. p. (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 289
- Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del museo nacional centro de arte reina Sofía, Centro cultural, Arte contemporaneo, México D. F., 1990, p. 32
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 354
- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Juan José Lahuerta, Salvador Dalí i les revistes, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, [Figueres], 2008, il. 121 (indirect image)
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