Fantastic Beach Scene

1935

Salvador Dalí

Artist, Spanish, 1904 - 1989

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in sepia on chine collé on Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.32 × 47.63 cm (15 7/8 × 18 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.15.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Michler/Löpsinger 1994, no. 57 (a)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edward James (British, 1907-1984), 1935; purchased by (Timothy Baum, New York); Gilbert E. Kaplan (1941-2016), New York ; auctioned by (Christie's, New York, Nov. 1-2, 2016); purchased by (David Tunick, NY), 2016: puchased by NGA , 2017

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Michler, Ralf and Lutz W. Löpsinger. Salvador Dali: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints 1924-1980. Munich: Prestel, 1994: 57 (a).

2011

  • Schröder, Klaus Albrecht, et al. Surrealismus, The Gilbert Kaplan Print Collection. Exh. cat. Albertina, Vienna, Austria, 2011-12: no. 71.

2017

  • Brodie, Judith. "Gifts and Acquisitions: Salvador Dali, Fantastic Beach Scene" _National Gallery of Art Bulletin 57 (Fall 2017): 23-24, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: A Edward James / Salvador Dalí / 1935; upper center verso in graphite [erased]: Green bead [underlined]

Watermarks

ARCHES

Wikidata ID

Q77259169

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