Anbattet

The Spit

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2011

Cat. no. P 622

Anbattet

The Spit

Description

Date:
c. 1937
Technique:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
74.9 x 108 cm
Signature:
Signed lower right corner at a later date: Dalí
Location:
Private collection

Provenance

  1. Edward James
  2. John La Touche, New York
  3. Knoedler Gallery, New York
  4. Catherine Moore
  5. Auctioned at Christie's, London, June 21st, 1993
  6. Private collection
  7. Auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, November 8th, 1995

Observations

It seems likely that this was the work Dalí showed in the "Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme" at the Galerie Beaux-Arts in Paris during January and February 1938 under the title "En batet".

Exhibitions

  1. 1938, Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, The 1938 international exhibition of paintings, 13/10/1938 - 04/12/1938, cat. no. 264
  2. 1946, Boston, The Institute of Modern Art, Four Spaniards : Dali, Gris, Miro, Picasso, 24/01/1946 - 03/03/1946, cat. no. 7
  3. 1977, Montrouge, Salon de Montrouge, Dalí : peintures, sculptures, dessins, 04/05/1977 - 05/06/1977, cat. no. 10
  4. 1981, Heidelberg, Schloss Heidelberg, Dalí: Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Skulpturen, 02/10/1981 - 04/11/1981, no reference
  5. 1982, Perpignan, Palais des Rois de Majorque, Salvador Dalí, 1904 : huiles, dessins, sculptures, August - September 1982, cat. no. 28
  6. 1983, Toulouse, Réfectoire des Jacobins, Dali à Toulouse, November 1983 - January 1984, no reference

Bibliography

  1. The 1938 international exhibition of paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, 1938, il. 41
  2. Dalí, La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, Bilbao, 1974, p. 22
  3. Hommage à Dali, Centre Artistique et Littéraire de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, (1980), n. p.
  4. Salvador Dalí : Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Skulpturen, Rudolf A. Hüngerle, Heidelberg, 1981, p. 99
  5. Dali à Perpignan, Gerhard Habarta, Vienne, 1982, il. 28
  6. Dali à Toulouse, Gerhard Habarta, Vienne, 1983, n. p.
  7. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 396

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