Self Portrait
Artist
Salvador Dalí
(Spanish, 1904-1989)
Date1964
MediumPhoto screenprint on board
DimensionsOverall: 56 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (143.5 x 52.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 66 x 30 1/2 in. (167.6 x 77.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 66 x 30 1/2 in. (167.6 x 77.5 cm)
ClassificationsModern art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.613
Terms
- Salvador Dali
On View
On viewLabel TextSalvador Dalí Spanish (1904–1989) Self Portrait, 1964 Photo silk screen on board Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.613 Several decades before Pop icon Andy Warhol, Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí secured his reputation as a media provocateur. He collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on the 1945 movie Spellbound, and later with Warhol in his screen-tests. Confusing the boundaries between art and advertisement, Dalí designed artwork for many commercial products, including hosiery, paint, lipstick, and perfume. This silk screen, which was designed by the artist for Alexander’s Department department store in New York, is based on famed photographer Philippe Halsman’s 1954 photograph of Dalí. Halsman’s photographs became some of the most famous images of the artist and impressed upon the public his unique way of seeing the world. Their friendship spanned the next few decades until Halsman’s death in 1979.
