Rare original program designed by Salvador Dali, printed on cardstock for his exhibition "Dalí Paints the Invisible Straight from Nature," held at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, from December 15, 1936, to January 15, 1937.
The surrealist cover design depicts a white-haired figure with a drawer for a face and elongated breast compartments. Unsnapping these compartments releases accordion-folded strips of paper showcasing six Dalí reproductions of works from the show per each breast. Text on the right promises "Disturbing images," "The epidermis of orchestras," and "Saliva sofas," while the back lists the 21 featured exhibition pieces -including Autumnal Cannibalism and Spectre of Vermeer’s Chair. The piece is in very good condition with minor creasing in the top left corner.
The cardstock program is 7.75 x 10 in (19.685 x 25.4 cm)
Framed with museum glass: 23 h x 11.75 w x 3 d in (58.42 x 29.845 x 7.62 cm)
LITERATURE:
-Robert Descharnes, Salvador Dalí: The Work, The Man, New York, 1984, illustration of another example p. 176.
-Paris, MNAM, Center Georges Pompidou, The Public Life of Salvador Dali, 1979 No. 471 and 472, pos. p. 60
Rare original program designed by Salvador Dali, printed on cardstock for his exhibition "Dalí Paints the Invisible Straight from Nature," held at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, from December 15, 1936, to January 15, 1937.
The surrealist cover design depicts a white-haired figure with a drawer for a face and elongated breast compartments. Unsnapping these compartments releases accordion-folded strips of paper showcasing six Dalí reproductions of works from the show per each breast. Text on the right promises "Disturbing images," "The epidermis of orchestras," and "Saliva sofas," while the back lists the 21 featured exhibition pieces -including Autumnal Cannibalism and Spectre of Vermeer’s Chair. The piece is in very good condition with minor creasing in the top left corner.
The cardstock program is 7.75 x 10 in (19.685 x 25.4 cm)
Framed with museum glass: 23 h x 11.75 w x 3 d in (58.42 x 29.845 x 7.62 cm)
LITERATURE:
-Robert Descharnes, Salvador Dalí: The Work, The Man, New York, 1984, illustration of another example p. 176.
-Paris, MNAM, Center Georges Pompidou, The Public Life of Salvador Dali, 1979 No. 471 and 472, pos. p. 60
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