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Butterfly Ballet

Artist Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)

CultureSpanish

Date1956

MediumBallet maquettes in watercolor and printed collage

Dimensions10 3/4 × 24 in. (27.3 × 61 cm)
Overall, Frame: 20 1/4 × 33 1/2 in. (51.4 × 85.1 cm)

SignedSigned, lower edge center: "Dali / 1956"

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number2015.34

Not on view

ProvenanceCollection of the Societe des Arts et Luxe. Purchased by private owner from M. Knoedler and Co., New York, NY. Purchased by private collector from Auslew Gallery, Norfolk, VA, at an undetermined date (presumably 1971 or later). By descent to anonymous donor. Gift to Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 2015.Exhibition HistoryMunicipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, November 19 - December 20, 1964 (no. 26). "Dali," Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 21, 1970-January 10, 1971 (no. 141). "Dali," Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany, January 29 - April 18, 1971 (no. 121). "Surrealisme," Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France, May 2 - September 1, 1971 (no. 52).Published References"Dali" (Museum Boymans-van Beuningen: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1970). "Dali" (Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden: Baden-Baden, Germany, 1971) 256-257. "Surrealisme" (Galerie des Beaux-Arts: Bordeaux, France, 1971) 46-47.