Skull of Zurbarán

Object Details

Artist

Salvador Dalí, Spanish, b. Figueras, 1904–1989

Provenance

Carstairs Gallery, New York, to 21 January 1957

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 January 1957-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History

CARSTAIRS GALLERY, New York. Salvador Dalí, 4 December 1956-5 January 1957, no. 2.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection: A View of the Protean Century," no. 18, ill. TOUR: M. KNOEDLER, New York, 31 October-24 November 1962; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, New Hampshire, 16 December-12 January 1963; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 30 January-26 February; EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, INDIANA, 16 March-12 April; MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 30 April-27 May; J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, Kentucky, 13 June-10 July; THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 30 July-25 August; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 11 September-8 October; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October-23 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 11 December-7 January, 1964; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 26 January-23 February; OKLAHOMA ART CENTER, Oklahoma City, 12 March-8 April; BROOKS MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Memphis, 25 April-23 May; ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION, Georgia, 10 June-7 July; SAGINAW ART MUSEUM, Michigan, 25 July-22 August; MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 8 September-6 October; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 24 October-21 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 9 December-10 January 1965; THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 8 February-5 April.

GALLERY OF MODERN ART, New York. Salvador Dalí, 17 December 1965-11 September 1966, no. 146, ill. p. 127.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 754, ill. p. 509.

HAMBURGER KUNSTHALLE, West Germany. Luther and the Consequences on the Arts, 10 November 1983-8 January 1984.

STAATSGALERIE STUTTGART, Stuttgart, West Germany. Salvador Dalí Retrospective, 12 May-23 July 1989. Tour: KUNSTHAUS ZURICH, Zurich, Switzerland, 18 August-22 November 1989.

MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU, Berlin. GegenwartEwigkeit, 6 April-24 June 1990, ill. p. 168, p. 320.

TOKYO SHIMBUN and CHUGOKU SHIMBUN, Japan, organizers. "Disguised Vision," 27 October 1994-23 April 1995, no. I-23, p. 49, color ill. Tour: ISETAN MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo, 27 October-5 December 1994; HIROSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART, 20 December-5 February 1995; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Kamakura, 11 February-21 March; KORIYAMA CITY MUSEUM, 25 March-23 April.

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Hartford, Connecticut. "Dalí's Optical Illusions," 21 January-26 March 2000, no. 54, color ill. p. 169. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 19 April-18 June 2000; SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, Edinburgh, 23 July-1 October 2000.

PALAZZO GRASSI, Venice. "Salvador Dalí," 12 September 2004-16 January 2005, no. 231, ill. p. 383. TOUR: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, 16 February-15 May.

MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany. "Salvador Dalí: La Gare de Perpignan," 18 March-25 June 2006.

NAGOYA CITY ART MUSEUM, Japan. "Visual Deception," 11 April-7 June 2009, p. 141, fig. 108. TOUR: BUNKAMURA MUSEUM OF ART, 13 June-16 August; HYOGO PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, 26 August-3 November.

HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta. "Salvador Dali Retrospective," 7 August 2010-2 January 2011.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.

Published References

OFFIN, CHARLES Z. "Gallery Previews in New York," Pictures on Exhibit 26, no. 2 (November 1962): 12.

UNSIGNED. "Art News," The Philadelphia Inquirer (11 November 1962): ill.

UNSIGNED. Bulletin of the Allentown Art Museum (Allentown, Pennsylvania) 5, no. 8 (November 1964): cover ill.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974): 676, colorplate p. 509.

SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM. A Guide to Works by Salvador Dalí in Public Museum Collections (Cleveland: Salvador Dalí Museum, 1974): addendum insert, ill.

MUSSEM, PAUL H. and MARK R. ROSENZWEIG. Psychology: An Introduction, 2nd ed. (Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath, 1977): 434-35.

MOORHOUSE, PAUL. Dalí (London: Bison Books, 1990): 104, ill.

UNSIGNED. "Exhibition of Dalí is Serious Business," North County Times (San Diego) (19 April 2000): n.p.

RICHARD, PAUL. "Dalí's Flip Side," The Washington Post (20 April 2000): ill, C1.

UNSIGNED. "Hello, Dalí," Times (Watertown, New York) (21 April 2000): n.p., ill.

SOUZA, PATRICIA. "Las ilusiones de Dalí," El Nuevo Dia (San Juan, Puerto Rico) (23 April 2000): n.p., ill.

UNSIGNED. "Dallying with Dalí," Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire) (23 April 2000): n.p., ill.

UNSIGNED. no title Times Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) (24 April 2000): n.p., ill.

YOUNG, AISHA RUSSELL. "Two Shows, Two Views," Young DC (May 2000): ill. p. 8.

SNOW, MICHAEL. "Salvador Dalí vs. Norman Rockwell," Museums, Washington Post Advertising Supplement (1 May 2000): n.p, ill.

UNSIGNED. "Doors to Close on Dalí," Washington Times (10 June 2000): n.p., ill.

WHITFIELD, SARAH. "Hartford, Washington, and Edinburgh: Dalí's Optical Illusions," Burlington Magazine (August 2000): 518-19, fig. 34.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

1956

Accession Number

66.1027

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

39 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (100.3 x 100.3 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Surrealism (European)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_66.1027

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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