- Cat. no. P
- 237
L'homme invisible (The Invisible Man)

Cat. no. P 237
The Invisible Man
1929-32
Description
- Date:
- 1929-32
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 140 x 81 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Location:
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Dalí bequest
- Artist's colletion
- This is usually considered an unfinished work. Dalí worked on it, according to reliable sources, between 1929 and 1933.
- 1931, París, Pierre Colle, Exposition Salvador Dalí, 3-6-1931 - 15-6-1931, cat. no. 1
- 1932, París, Pierre Colle, Exposition Salvador Dalí, 26-5-1932 - 17-6-1932, cat. no. 11 o 12
- 1933, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Salvador Dalí, 21-11-1933 - 8-12-1933, cat. no. 10
- 1934, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Dali, 21-11-1934 - 10-12-1934, cat. no. 20
- 1936, London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., Salvador Dali, 1-6-1936 - 31-7-1936, cat. no. 12
- 1938, París, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, January - February 1938, cat. no. 44
- 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18-12-1965 - 13-3-1966, cat. no. 30
- 1968, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Dada, surrealism, and their heritage, 27-3-1968 - 9-6-1968, cat. no. 63
- 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14-5-1980 - 29-6-1980, cat. no. 49
- 1983, Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 400 obras de Salvador Dalí del 1914 al 1983, 15-4-1983 - 29-5-1983, cat. no. 138
- 1989, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dali, 16-12-1989 - 11-3-1990, cat. no. 35
- 1990, México, D. F., Centro Cultural / Arte contemporáneo, Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 1-11-1990 - 31-1-1991, cat. no. 20
- 1994, London, Hayward Gallery, Salvador Dalí: the early years, 3-3-1994 - 30-5-1994, cat. no. 123
- 1996, Barcelona, La Pedrera, Dalí. Arquitectura, 19-6-1996 - 25-8-1996, cat. no. 21
- 2000, Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Dalí's optical illusions, 21-1-2000 - 26-3-2000, cat. no. 6
- 2002, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dalí : Gradiva, 21-5-2002 - 8-9-2002, cat. no. 4
- 2007, London, Tate Modern, Dalí & Film, 1-6-2007 - 9-9-2007, il. 21
- 2011, Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Surrealism in Paris, 2-10-2011 - 29-1-2012, p. 240
- 2012, París, Centre Pompidou, Dalí, 21-11-2012 - 25-3-2013, p. 127
- 2013, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Dalí. Todas las sugestiones poéticas y todas las posibilidades plásticas, 27-4-2013 - 2-9-2013, p. 237
- Salvador Dalí, L'Ane pourri|Déclaration|[Fotografies de l'Âge d'Or]|[Il·lustració], Librairie José Corti, Paris, 1930, n. p. (2 details)
- s. a., "[L'Homme invisible (il.)]", Le Surréalisme Au Service de la Révolution, 31/07/1930, Paris, n. p. (detail)
- René Crevel, Dalí ou l'anti-obscurantisme, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1931, il. III (detail), il. IV (detail)
- Joan Sacs, "El cas Salvador Dalí", Mirador, 16/03/1933, Barcelona, p. 7 (detail)
- James Thrall Soby, After Picasso, Dodd, Mead, New York, 1935, il. 56 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, il. 4 (detail)
- Sebastià Gasch, "Unes declaracions sensacionals de Carl Einstein", Meridià, 06/05/1938, Barcelona, p. 4 (detail)
- James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, p. 36 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, Dial Press, New York, 1942, p. XIV (detail)
- André Breton, Le Surréalisme et la peinture : suivi de Genèse et perspectives artistiques du surréalisme et de fragments inédits, Brentano's, New York, 1945, n. p.
- Le Surréalisme en 1947, Maeght, Pierre à Feu, Paris, 1947, p. III (indirect image)
- Gullermo De Torre, "El "caso" Dali", La Nacion, 25/01/1953, Buenos Aires, n. p. (detail)
- Dalí, Les Éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1957, p. 4
- Salvador Dalí, "The king and the queen traversed by swift nudes", Art News, 30/04/1959, New York, N.y., p. 24 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, The Foundation for Modern Art, New York, 1965, p. 59
- Paul H. Walton, Dali / Miró, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1967, il. 5
- Max. Gérard, Dalí de Draeger, Blume, Barcelona, 1968, il. 87 (detail), il. 91 (detail), il. 158 (detail)
- William S. Rubin, Dada, surrealism, and their heritage, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968, p. 112
- Patrick Waldberg, Les Initiateurs du surréalisme, Unesco, Albin Michel, [París], [S.l.], 1969, p. 32
- Whitney Chadwick, "Masson's Gradiva: The Metamorphosis of a Surrealist Myth*", The Art Bulletin, 30/12/1970, New York, n. p.
- Robert Descharnes, "Los Dalí del Museo Dalí", Gaceta Ilustrada, año XIX, nº 941, 20-26/10/1974, Madrid, p. 69
- Le Surréalisme, XXe siècle, Paris, 1975, p. [62] (indirect image) (detail)
- Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Madrid, Barcelona, 1975, p. 198
- Calvin Tomkins, Duchamp et son temps : 1887-1968, Time-Life International, Nederland, 1978, p. 141
- Malcolm Haslam, The Real world of the surrealists, Gallery Press, New York, 1978, p. 243 (indirect image)
- Robert Descharnes, S. Terayama, Dalí: the book of great masters, Zauho, Tokyo, 1978, il. 27
- Petit journal Salvador Dalí, Centre Georges Pompidou, [París], 1979, p. 7
- Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, 1979, p. 247
- Hommage à Dalí, Vilo, Paris, 1980, p. 40
- Salvador Dalí, The Tate Gallery, London, 1980, il. 49
- Salvador Dalí, Sì. La rivoluzione paranoico-critica. L'arcangelismo scientifico, Rizzoli, Milano, 1980, p. 37
- Josep Pla, Salvador Dalí (il.), Obres de museu, DASA, Figueres, 1981, p. 71
- Rétrospective Salvador Dalí 1982, Edition Art Life, [S.l.], 1982, p. 35, Il. 8
- Dawn Ades, Dalí and surrealism, Harper & Row, New York, 1982, p. 118
- 400 obras de Salvador Dalí de 1914 a 1983, Obra Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, [Madrid], 1983, p. 98
- Distribucions d'art surrealista, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, Barcelona, 1983, p. 10
- El Surrealismo, Cátedra, Madrid, 1983, p. [135]
- Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1983, il. 48
- Francisco Nieva, "El príncipe representó a dalí", Pueblo, 16/04/1983, Madrid, p. 35 (indirect image)
- Eduard Fornes i Gili, "Cuatrociantas obras de Dalí", LA VANGUARDIA, 05/06/1983, Barcelona, n. p. (detail)
- Duchamp, Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, 1984, p. 24 (indirect image) (detail), p. 221 (indirect image) (detail)
- Antonio D. Olano, Nacimiento, vida, pasión, muerte, resurrección y gloria de Salvador, Domingo, Felipe, Jacinto Dalí Doménech, Cusí y Farrés, Marqués de Dalí y Púbol, Dyrsa, Madrid, 1985, p. 316 (detail)
- Takahiko Okada, Dalí, Shueisha, [S.l.], 1986, p. 21
- Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 76
- Jaume Socias Palau, "Fin y comienzo de Salvador Dalí", Goya, Revista de Arte, 01/02/1989, Madrid, p. 216
- Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del museo nacional centro de arte reina Sofía, Centro cultural/Arte contemporaneo, México D. F., 1990, p. 111
- A. B. Tello, Salvador Dalí, Vilmar, Barcelona, 1990, p. 32
- Picasso, Miró, Dalí y los orígenes del arte contemporáneo en España : 1900-1936, Schirn Kunsthalle, MNCARS, Madrid, Francfort, 1991, p. 155
- François Mathey, Art : graphisme des annees 40, Seuil, Regard, Paris, 1991, p. 204 (indirect image)
- Luis Romero, PsicoDálico Dalí, Mediterranea, Barcelona, 1991, p. 61
- Alessandr Rogin, [Salvador Dalí : el mite i la realitat], Republica, Moscou, 1992, p. 34 (detail)
- Marcel Duchamp, Thames & Hudson, London, 1993, p. 43 (indirect image) (detail)
- A. Reynolds Morse, Dali's animal crackers, Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1993, p. 163 (2 details)
- Jaime Brihuega, Miró y Dalí: los grandes surrealistas, Anaya, Madrid, 1993, p. 61
- Dalí, the early years : talks and events, Hayward Gallery, London, 1994, n. p.
- Dalí, the early years, Hayward Gallery, London, 1994, n. p.
- Dalí, Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1994, il. 20
- Dalí joven, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1994/95, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí: the early years, South Bank Centre, [London], 1994, p. 192
- Salvador Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1994, il. 20
- Bruce Altshuler, The Avant-garde in exhibition : new art in the 20th century, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1994, p. 118 (indirect image)
- Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 99
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 147
- Whitney Chadwick, Mith in surrealist painting 1929-1939: Dalí, Ernst, Masson, UMI Dissertation Service, [Michigan], 1994, p. 296
- Dalí. Arquitectura, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, [Barcelona], [Figueres], 1996, p. 141
- Christopher Masters, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1996, p. 63
- Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 25
- Haim Finkelstein, Salvador Dalí's art and writing, 1927-1942 : the metamorphoses of Narcissus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p. 200
- Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : genius, obsession and lust, Prestel, Munich - New York, 1996, p. 51, p. 52 (detail)
- Charlie Azzopardi, Salvador Dalí, the eternal hero, Avon Books, London, 1997, p. 31
- Eduardo Subirats, Linterna mágica : vanguardia, media y cultura, Siruela, Madrid, 1997, p. 59
- Gérard Durozoi, Histoire du mouvement surréaliste, Hazan, Paris, 1997, p. 148
- Ian Gibson, The Shameful life of Salvador Dalí, Faber and Faber, London, 1997, il. 70
- Robert Radford, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1997, p. 138
- Salvador Dalí, Parkstone, England, 1999, p. 55
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Electa, Madrid, 1999, p. 32 (detail)
- Dalí's optical illusions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000, p. 79
- Luis Buñuel y el surrealismo, Museo de Teruel, Teruel, 2000, p. 174
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. What's on calendar, Wadswoth Ahteneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, 2000, p. 6
- Christopher Green, Art in France : 1900- 1940, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 277
- Simposio "Happening, Fluxus y otros comportamientos artísticos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX ": Ponencias y Comunicaciones, Editora Regional de Extremadura, Mérida, 2001, p. 114 (indirect image)
- Alberto Mario Perrone, Salvador Dalí, escándalo, transgresión y genio, Longseller, Buenos Aires, 2001, p. 82
- Dalí : Gradiva, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Fundación Caja Madrid, Madrid, 2002, p. 59
- Gérard Durozoi, History of the surrealist movement, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, London, 2002, p. 142
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Salvador Dalí : désirs inassouvis du purisme au surréalisme, 1925-1935, La Passage, Paris-New York, 2002, il. 28
- Joan Castellar-Gassol, Dalí : una vida perversa, Edicions de 1984, Barcelona, 2002, p. II
- Juan Antonio Ramírez, Dalí: lo crudo y lo podrido, A. Machado Libros, Madrid, 2002, p. 74
- Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 85
- The Endless enigma : Dalí and the magicians of multiple meaning, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2003, p. 112
- The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 85
- Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LX
- Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, p. 59 (detail), p. 134
- Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Textos autobiográficos 1, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, [Madrid], [Figueres], Barcelona, 2003, n. p. (detail)
- Dalí, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 130 (indirect image) (detail), p. 178
- Huellas dalinianas, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Madrid, 2004, p. 57
- José María Hinojosa 1904-1936 : entre dos luces, Centro Cultural de la Generación del 27, [Málaga], 2004, p. 119 (detail)
- Persistence and memory : new critical perspectives on Dalí centennial, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 28 (detail) (reversed image)
- Salvador Dalí i Federico García Lorca : la persistència de la memòria, Viena, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura., Barcelona, 2004, p. 139
- Enric Bou, Daliccionario : objetos, mitos y símbolos de Salvador Dalí, Tusquets, Barcelona, 2004, p. 11
- Jean-Christophe Argillet, Le Siècle de Dali, Timée-Editions, Boulogne, 2004, p. 32
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí : master of fantasies, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004, p. 76, p. 76 (detail)
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dali : le grand paranoïaque, Découvertes Gallimard Arts, Paris, 2004, p. 76
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí the impresario of surrealism, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, p. 76, p. 76 (detail)
- Luis-Salvador López Herrero, La Cara oculta de Salvador Dalí, Síntesis, Madrid, 2004, p. 51
- Patrice Schmitt, Étude psychanalytique de la création chez Salvador Dalí, Lacour-Ollé, Nimes, 2004, il. 1.2
- Tonia Raquejo, Dalí: metamorfosis, Edilupa, [Madrid], 2004, p. 84 (detail)
- Dalí, Unidad Editorial, [S.l.], 2005, p. 115, p. 180
- Lucía García de Carpi, Salvador Dalí, Ambos Mundos, Salamanca, 2005, p. 89, p. 130 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí : La gare de Perpignan - Pop, Op, Yes-yes, Pompier, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2006, p. 113
- Dalí & film, Tate Publishing, London, 2007, p. 44
- Dalís medienspiele: falsche fährten und paranoische selbstinszenierungen in den künsten, Transcript, Bielefeld, 2007, p. 168
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Fundación Mapfre. Instituto de Cultura, Madrid, 2007, p. 47
- Gavin Parkinson, Surrealism, art and modern science : relativity, quantum mechanics, epistemology, Yale University, New Haven & London, 2008, p. 182
- Mª Mercè Riera i Arnijas, Dalí, Ciro, [Barcelona], 2008, p. 77, p. 139
- Un perro andaluz 80 años después, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, La Fábrica, Madrid, 2009, p. 41
- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 41
- Surrealism in Paris, Hatje Kantz, Basilea, 2011, p. 240
- Surreal objects : three-dimensional works from Dalí to Man Ray, Hatje Cantz, Schirn Kunsthalle, Ostfildern, Frankfurt, 2011, p. 23 (indirect image)
- Catherine Grenier, Salvador Dalí : l'invention de soi, Flammarion, Paris, 2011, p. 108
- Ralf Schiebler, Dalí : the reality of dreams, Prestel, New York, Munich, London, 2011, p. 51, p. 52 (detail)
- Dalí, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012, p. 127
- Roger Rothman, Tiny surrealism : Salvador Dalí and the aesthetics of the small, University of Nebraska, Lincoln & London, 2012, p. 72
- Shûzô Takigushi, Dalí : Tokio, 1939, Notari, Genève, 2012, il. 9 (indirect image) (detail), il. 10 (indirect image) (detail), il. 11 (indirect image) (detail)
- Daniel R. Caruncho, Salvador Dalí, las obras de su vida, Dos de Arte, Barcelona, 2015, p. 24
- Dawn Ades, Writings on art and anti-art, Ridinghouse, London, 2015, p. 498
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