LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

33.07 in. (84.00 cm.) (height) by 45.47 in. (115.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Dalí and dated 1957 (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Alex Maguy, Salvador Dalí, 1973, no. 1 London, Achim Moeller Ltd., Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, 1977 Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Trésors de Barcelone: Picasso, Miró, Dalí et leur temps, 1986, no. 80, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie & Zurich, Kunsthaus, Dalí Retrospective, 1989, no. 110 Venice, Palazzo Grassi & Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dalí: The Centenary Retrospective, 2004-05, no. 232, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Dalí, 2013, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature:

Louisiana Revy: Dalí (exhibition catalogue), Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk, December 1989, vol. 30, no. 2, no. 61, illustrated in colour p. 61 (titled Le Concert (Le Piano rouge/L'Orchestre rouge)); Karin von Maur, Salvador Dalí, Stuttgart, 1989, no. 258, illustrated in colour p. 339; Robert Descharnes & Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí. The Paintings, Cologne, 1994, vol. II, no. 1112, illustrated in colour p. 495

Provenance:

Billy Rose, New York (commissioned from the artist); Galerie Alex Maguy, Paris; Private Collection, Japan; Acquired from the above by the present owner by 1989