LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

21.50 in. (54.60 cm.) (height) by 25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Gala Salvador Dalí and dated 1936 (lower left)

Literature:

Dalí (exhibition catalogue), Palazzo Grassi, Venice & Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, 2004-05, discussed p. 458; Robert Descharnes, Salvador Dalí: The Work, The Man, New York, 1984, illustrated p. 184 ; Robert Descharnes & Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí 1904-1989, The Paintings, 1904-1946, vol. I, Cologne, 1994, no. 575, illustrated p. 257; M. Gérard, ed., Dalí por Dalí, de Draeger, Barcelona, 1973, no. 5, pp. 68, 78 & 79

Provenance:

Private Collection, Amsterdam ; Sold: Christie's, London, December 10, 1998, lot 526; Acquired at the above sale; Elvira G. de Mignoni, Ambassador to Spain (acquired by 1980); Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris; Galería Theo, Madrid