Melancholic eccentricity

Mountain Lake

Beach Scene with Telephone

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2007 © Tate, London, 2005

Cat. no. P 473

Melancholic eccentricity

Mountain Lake

Beach Scene with Telephone

Description

Date:
1938
Technique:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
73 x 92.1 cm
Signature:
Signed and dated lower left: Gala Salvador Dali 1938
Location:
Tate Modern, London

Provenance

  1. Edward James
  2. Edward James Foundation, West Dean, Chichester

Observations

It is possible that Dalí titled this work "Melancholic eccentricity" after a photograph of the period by André Caillet, on the reverse of which is written "Melancholic eccentricity". This title coincides with the work presented by Dalí at the exhibition held at Julien Levy Gallery, New York, from March 21st to April 18th 1939, number 13. According to information shared by the Tate Modern, this painting was exhibited at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, from September 10th to October 5th 1941, number 14, under the title "Mountain Lake".

Exhibitions

  1. 1939, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Salvador Dali 1939, 21/03/1939 - 18/04/1939, cat. no. 13
  2. 1941, Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Salvador Dalí, 10/09/1941 - 05/10/1941, cat. no. 14
  3. 1946, Boston, The Institute of Modern Art, Four Spaniards : Dali, Gris, Miro, Picasso, 24/01/1946 - 03/03/1946, cat. no. 10
  4. 1970, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Dalí, 21/11/1970 - 10/01/1971, cat. no. 63
  5. 1971, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Dali Art-in-Jewels Exhibition & Paintings, 08/06/1971 - 10/07/1971, cat. no. 12
  6. 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14/05/1980 - 29/06/1980, cat. no. 161
  7. 1993, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Surrealism : revolution by night, 12/03/1993 - 02/05/1993, cat. no. 47
  8. 1998, Liverpool, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, 21/10/1998 - 31/01/1999, cat. no. 36
  9. 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 01/06/2007 - 09/09/2007, Fig 12
  10. 2012, Paris, Centre Pompidou, Dalí, 21/11/2012 - 25/03/2013, p. 241
  11. 2013, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Dalí. Todas las sugestiones poéticas y todas las posibilidades plásticas, 27/04/2013 - 02/09/2013, p. 241

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