- Cat. no. P
- 435
The Great Paranoic

Cat. no. P 435
The Great Paranoic
1936
Description
- Date:
- 1936
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 62 x 62 cm
- Signature:
- Signed on the front, lower middle: Gala Salvador Dali 1936
- Location:
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
- Julien Levy Gallery, New York
- Edward James
- Edward James Foundation, West Dean, Chichester
- Although this painting appears illustrated in the catalogue published for the exhibition held at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York from December 10th 1936 to January 9th 1937, the title Dalí used to exhibit this work cannot be identified with certainty. It could have been The great dreamer of Dali number 2.
- 1936, New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Souvenir - Catalogue, 10-12-1936 - 9-1-1937, cat. no. 2
- 1938, Gloucester, Guildhall, Realism and Surrealism : An Exhibition of Several Phases of Contemporary Art, 28-5-1938 - 26-6-1938, cat. no. 29
- 1964, Tokyo, Tokyo Prince Hotel Gallery, Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, 8-9-1964 - 18-10-1964, cat. no. 134
- 1965, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Salvador Dalí, 1910-1965, 18-12-1965 - 13-3-1966, cat. no. 75
- 1970, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Dalí, 21-11-1970 - 10-1-1971, cat. no. 50
- 1979, París, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, 18-12-1979 - 21-4-1980, cat. no. 216
- 1983, Barcelona, Palau Reial de Pedralbes, 400 obres de Salvador Dalí del 1914 al 1983, 10-6-1983 - 31-7-1983, cat. no. 156
- 1998, Brighton, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, A surreal life: Edward James, 1907-1984, 25-4-1998 - 26-7-1998, cat. no. 142
- 2000, Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Dalí's optical illusions, 21-1-2000 - 26-3-2000, cat. no. 21
- 2003, Düsseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast, The Endless enigma : Dalí and the magicians of multiple meaning, 22-2-2003 - 9-6-2003, p. 230
- 2006, Köln, Museum Ludwig, Salvador Dalí : La gare de Perpignan - Pop, Op, Yes-yes, Pompier, 18-3-2006 - 25-6-2006, cat. no. 46
- 2010, Milano, Palazzo Reale, Salvador Dalí, il sogno si avvicina, 22-9-2010 - 30-1-2011, no reference
- 2012, Ostfildern, Museum Fridericianum, Documenta (13) : the book of the books, catalog 1/3, 9-6-2012 - 16-9-2012, p. 162 (imatge indirecta)
- 2012, París, Centre Pompidou, Dalí, 21-11-2012 - 25-3-2013, p. 197
- 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. 197
- Souvenir - Catalogue, Julien Levy Gallery, [new York], [1936/37], n. p.
- Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, Salvador Dalí, Omega, Barcelona, 1950, il. 26
- P. Descargues, "Tout Dali en un volume", Les Lettres Françaises, 07/12/1962, Paris, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, Mainichi Newspaper, Tokyo, 1964, p. 60
- Chagall, Dalí, Ernst, Kawade Shobo, [S.l.], 1966, Il. 40
- Max. Gérard, Dalí de Draeger, Blume, Barcelona, 1968, il. 200 (detail)
- Dalí, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1970, il. 50
- Dalí: Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Schmuck, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, 1971, p. 119
- José Angelo Gaiarsa, Respiraçao e imaginaçao, Jose Angelo Gaiarsa, Sao Paulo, 1971, p. 28 (detail), p. 88 (detail)
- Herbert Schober, Ingo Rentschler, Das Bild als Schein der Wirklichkeit : Optische Täuschungen in Wissenschaft und Kunst, Heinz Moos, München, 1972, p. 67
- Ninety-three oils by Salvador Dalí : 1917-1970, The Salvador Dalí Museum, Cleveland, 1973, p. 163
- Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dalí Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 163
- Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Madrid, Barcelona, 1975, p. 201
- Petit journal Salvador Dalí, Centre Georges Pompidou, [París], 1979, p. 6
- Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, 1979, p. 282
- Salvador Dalí, The Tate Gallery, London, 1980, il. 149
- Peter Gorsen, Kunst und Krankheit, Metamorphosen der ästhetischen Einbildungskraft, Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am main, 1980, p. 196
- Josep Pla, Salvador Dalí (il.), Obres de museu, DASA, Figueres, 1981, p. 62
- Dawn Ades, Dalí and surrealism, Harper & Row, New York, 1982, p. 134
- 400 obres de Salvador Dalí del 1914 al 1983, Obra Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, [Madrid], 1983, p. 117
- Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1983, il. 71
- Peter Gorsen, Salvador Dalí, der kritische paranoiker, Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am main, 1983, cover
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Salvador Dalí (il.), Il Fantastico idalgo don Chisciotte della Mancia, Del Drago, Milano, 1986, p. 71
- Entender la pintura : Dalí, Orbis - Fabri, Barcelona, 1989, p. 17
- Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 242
- Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del museo nacional centro de arte reina Sofía, Centro cultural/Arte contemporaneo, México D. F., 1990, p. 31
- Paul Moorhouse, Dalí, Magna Books, Wigston [Anglaterra], 1990, p. 79
- Eric Shanes, Dalí, Debate, Madrid, 1991, p. 81
- Jaime Brihuega, Miró y Dalí: los grandes surrealistas, Anaya, Madrid, 1993, p. 67 (detail)
- Dalí, Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1994, il. 21
- Salvador Dalí, Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1994, il. 21
- Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 181
- Nathaniel Harris, The Life and works of Dalí, Parragon, [Regne Unit], 1994, p. 44, p. 45 (detail)
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 268
- Christopher Masters, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1996, p. 98
- Haim Finkelstein, Salvador Dalí's art and writing, 1927-1942 : the metamorphoses of Narcissus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p. 198
- Madrid - Barcelona 1930-1936. La tradició d'alló que és nou, Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona, 1997, p. 23
- Ian Gibson, The Shameful life of Salvador Dalí, Faber and Faber, London, 1997, il. XXIX
- A surreal life: Edward James, 1907-1984, Royal Pavillion, Librairies & Museums, Brighton & Hove, Philip Wilson, London, 1998, p. 59
- Robert Goff, Salvador Dalí, La Martinière, Paris, 1998, p. 76
- Robert Goff, The Essential Salvador Dalí, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998, p. 76
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Electa, Madrid, 1999, p. 41
- Dalí's optical illusions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000, p. 111, p. 113 (detail)
- Alberto Mario Perrone, Salvador Dalí, escándalo, transgresión y genio, Longseller, Buenos Aires, 2001, p. 27
- Antoni Gaudí Salvador Dalí, Loft, Barcelona, 2002, p. 42
- Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 185
- The Endless enigma : Dalí and the magicians of multiple meaning, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2003, p. 230
- The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 185
- Javier Pérez Andújar, Salvador Dalí : a la conquista de lo irracional, Algaba, Madrid, 2003, n. p.
- José Ferreira, Dalí - Lacan la rencontre ce que le psychalyste doit au peintre, L'Harmattan, [S.l.], 2003, p. 48
- Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXVI
- Dalí : afinitats electives, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura., Barcelona, 2004, p. 233
- Dalí, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 296
- Alyse Gaultier, L'Abcdaire de Dalí, Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 16
- Alyse Gaultier, The Little book of Dalí, Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 16
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí : master of fantasies, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004, p. 82
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí the impresario of surrealism, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, p. 82
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dali : le grand paranoïaque, Découvertes Gallimard Arts, Paris, 2004, p. 82
- Patrice Schmitt, Étude psychanalytique de la création chez Salvador Dalí, Lacour-Ollé, Nimes, 2004, il. 2.5
- Tonia Raquejo, Dalí: metamorfosis, Edilupa, [Madrid], 2004, p. 94
- Salvador Dalí : La gare de Perpignan - Pop, Op, Yes-yes, Pompier, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2006, p. 105
- Mary Ann Caws, Salvador Dalí, Reaktion Books, London, 2008, p. 101
- Une image peut en cacher une autre : Arcimboldo, Dali, Raetz, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2009, p. 251
- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 2, p. 22
- Salvador Dalí : il sogno si avvicina, 24 Ore Cultura, Milano, 2010, p. 85
- Catherine Grenier, Salvador Dalí : l'invention de soi, Flammarion, Paris, 2011, p. 162
- Dalí, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012, p. 197
- Documenta (13) : Das Logbuch, katalog 3/3 = the logbook, catalog 2/3, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 162, p. 162 (indirect image)
- Marc Aufraise, Caroline Barbier de reulle, Marijke Peyser-Verhaar, Astrid Ruffa, Mathilde Hamel, Gabriel Montua, [Coberta]|[Sumari]|Éditorial|Les prémices du théâtre photographique de Salvador Dalí (1932-1933)|Portraits de fantasmes|Salvador Dalí et la musique|Salvador Dalí et le mécénat du Zodiaque|Salvador Dalí, théoricien de l'art surréaliste|Les Nuées de Salvador Dalí, ou le surréalisme mis en scene|Salvador Dalí face au marché de l'art, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012, p. 79
- Begoña Souviron López, Dalí en el contexto cultural centroeuropeo : literatura e iconografia, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, 2014, p. 158 (detail)
- Gabriel Montua, Dalís 20. Jahrhundert : die westliche Kunst zwischen Politik, Markt und Medien, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2015, p. 162
- Surreal encounters : collecting the marvellous, National Galleries of Scotland, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Rotterdam, 2016, p. [65]
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