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Retrospective Bust of a Woman
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)
1933 (some elements reconstructed 1970). Painted porcelain, bread, corn, feathers, paint on paper, beads, ink stand, sand, and two pens, 29 x 27 1/4 x 12 5/8" (73.9 x 69.2 x 32 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and gift of Philip Johnson (both by exchange)
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
301.1992
Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris. 1933
Gustave J. Nellens, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium. Purchased in 1967 – [1982]
Jacques J. Nellens, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium. [From about 1983] – [1992]
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (agent for private collector). 1992
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through Ernst Beyeler, 1992
Busto retrospectivo de mujer
Retrospective Bust of a Woman Devoured by Ants
L’Abondance
[Buste de femme rétrospectif]
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