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Dalí

Between dream, delusion, and pictorial divinityBy Eric Shanes

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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is best known for his unique and striking style with an extraordinary repertoire reaching out across film, painting, photography, and sculpture. Whilst his name may be most commonly associated with Surrealism, Dalí consummately displayed mastery over such broad genres as classical, modernist, and Cubist styles. A crucial figure in art history, Dalí has inspired countless literary works and this edifying Best Of volume gives readers a fascinating insight into the life and career highlights of one of art’s most controversial and exciting pioneers.

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1Introduction

61Surrealist Architecture, c. 1932

2Self-Portrait with the Neck of Raphael, 1921.

62Birth of Liquid Desires, 1931-1932

3Introduction

63Portrait of the Vicomtesse Marie-Laure de Noailles, 1932

4Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), The Angelus, 1857-1859.

64The Enigma of William Tell, 1933

5Angelus, c. 1932.

65The Architectonic Angelus of Millet, 1933

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6Portrait of Maria Carbona, 1925.

66Gala and the Angelus of Millet Preceding the Imminent Arrival of the Conic Anamorphoses, 1933

7Penya-Segats (Woman by the Cliffs), 1926.

67Atavistic Vestiges after the Rain, 1934

8The Spectral Cow, 1928.

68Weaning of Furniture Nutrition, 1934

9Eggs on the Plate without the Plate, 1932.

69The Face of Mae West (Useable as a Surrealist Apartment), 1934-1935

10Surrealist Horse – Woman-Horse, 1933.

70Portrait of Gala, 1935

11Gradiva, 1933.

71A Couple with their Heads Full of Clouds, 1936

12Geological Destiny, 1933.

72Morphological Echo, 1936

13Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on Her Shoulder, 1933.

73The Pharmacist of Ampurdàn in Search of Absolutely Nothing, 1936

14Cover Design for Minotaure No. 8, 1936.

74Soft Construction with Boiled BEANS – Premonition of Civil War, 1936

15Hats Designed for Elsa Schiaparelli, 1936.

75The Great Paranoiac, 1936

16Three Young Surrealist Women Holding in Their Arms the Skin of an Orchestra, 1936.

76Venus de Milo with Drawers, 1936

17Night and Day Clothes of the Body, 1936.

77The Anthropomorphic Cabinet, 1936

18Singularities, 1937.

78Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937

19Debris of an Automobile Giving Birth to a Blind Horse Biting a Telephone, 1938.

79The Burning Giraffe, 1937

20Honey is Sweeter than Blood, 1941.

80Sleep, 1937

21Poetry of America, 1943.

81Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937

22Tristan and Isolde (design for the ballet Mad Tristan), 1944.

82Sofa in the Form of Mae West’s Lips, 1938

23The Eye (design for Spellbound), 1945.

83Lobster Telephone, 1938

24My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Flesh Becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture, 1945.

84Spain, 1938

25Napoleon’s Nose, Transformed into a Pregnant Woman, Walking His Shadow with Melancholia Amongst Original Ruins, 1945.

85Impressions of Africa, 1938

26Dematerialization Near the Nose of Nero, 1947.

86Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, 1938

27The Angel of Port Lligat, 1952.

87The Enigma of Hitler, 1939

28The Maximum Speed of Raphael’s Madonna, 1954.

88The Sublime Moment, 1938

29Tuna Fishing, 1967.

89The Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire, 1940

30Mad Mad Mad Minerva, 1968.

90Visage of War, 1940

31Wind Palace, 1972.

91Soft Self-Portrait with Grilled Bacon, 1941

32Dali Seen from the Back Painting Gala from the Back Eternalized by Six Virtual Corneas Provisionally Reflected in Six Real Mirrors (unfinished), 1972-1973.

92Design for the Interior Decoration of Stable-Library, 1942

33Gala’s Castle at Púbol, 1973.

93The Sheep, 1942

34Wounded Soft Watch, 1974.

94Helena Rubinstein’s Head Emerging from a Rocky Cliff, 1942-1943

35Equestrian Portrait of Carmen Bordiu-Franco, 1974.

95Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate One Second Before Awakening, 1944

36Soft Skulls with Fried Egg without the Plate, Angels, and Soft Watch in an Angelic Landscape, 1977.

96The Apotheosis of Homer, 1944-1945

37The Masterworks

97Portrait of Isabel Styler-Tas, 1945

38Port of Cadaqués at Night, c. 1918

98The Temptation of St Anthony, 1946

39Landscape near Cadaqués, 1920-1921

99Portrait of Picasso, 1947

40Cubist Self-Portrait, 1923

100Leda Atomica, 1949

41Satirical Composition (‘The Dance’ by Matisse), 1923

101The Madonna of Port Lligat, 1950

42Portrait of Luis Buñuel, 1924

102Christ of St John of the Cross, 1951

43Figure at a Window, 1925

103The Disintegration of Persistence of Memory, 1952-1954

44The Girl of Figueres, 1926

104Exploding Raphaelesque Head, 1951

45Apparatus and Hand, 1927

105The Colossus of Rhodes, 1954

46Unsatisfied Desires, 1928

106Young Virgin Autosodomised by Her Own Chastity, 1954

47Bather, 1928

107The Sacrament of the Last Supper, 1955

48The Wounded Bird, 1928

108Portrait of Sir Laurence Olivier in the Role of King Richard III, 1955

49The Sacred Heart (Sometimes I Spit with Pleasure on the Portrait of My Mother), 1929

109Unstill Still Life, 1956

50The First Days of Spring, 1929

110Santiago El Grande, 1957

51Portrait of Paul Éluard, 1929

111The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, 1954

52The Great Masturbator, 1929

112Portrait of My Dead Brother, 1963

53The Enigma of Desire: My Mother, My Mother, My Mother, 1929

113Hercules Lifts the Skin of the Sea and Stops Venus for an Instant from waking Love, 1963

54William Tell, 1930

114Fifty Abstract Paintings Which as Seen from Two Yards Change into Three Lenins Masquerading as Chinese and as Seen from Six Yards Appear as the Head of a Royal Bengal Tiger, 1963

55Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horse, Lion, 1930

115The Perpignan Railway Station, 1965

56Premature Ossification of a Railway Station, 1930

116The Hallucinogenic Toreador, 1969-1970

57Shades of Night Descending, 1931

117The Swallow’s Tail (Series on Catastrophes), 1983

58The Persistence of Memory, 1931

118Selected Bibliography

59The Dream, 1931

119Chronology

60Partial Hallucination. Six Apparitions of Lenin on a Grand Piano, 1931