- Cat. no. OE
- 19
Nu féminin hystérique et aérodynamique
Hysterical and Aerodynamic Female Nude
Aerodynamic Woman / Nude with Lyric Appendages
Cat. no. OE 19
Hysterical and Aerodynamic Female Nude
1934
Description
- Description:
- This is one of two plaster sculptures that Dalí exhibited at the Galerie Jacques Bonjean in Paris in 1934, and one of the first known instances of his work in this medium. In a photograph from 1934, attributed to Georges Allié, the sculpture stands on a piece of furniture, next to a personage disguised with a pillow with the figures from Millet’s The Angelus. This image formed part of Dalí’s set of illustrations for his Le mythe tragique de l’Angélus de Millet, published by Jean-Jacques Pauvert in 1963. In The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, the artist refers to this work as Aerodynamic Woman, which has been established as the work’s second title. It has been suggested that Dalí created this plaster on a pre-existing sculpture, attributed to the French sculptor James Pradier, also known as Jean-Jacques Pradier (1790-1852). To date it has not been possible to verify this claim or the existence of any other connection between the two artists.
- 1934, París, Jacques Bonjean, Exposition Dali, 20-6-1934 - 13-7-1934, cat. no. sculptures 2
- Exposition Dali, Jacques Bonjean, Paris, 1934, p. [3]
- Salvador Dalí, Conquest of the irrational, Julien Levy, New York, 1935, pl. 22, ill.
- Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, pl. 22, ill.
- James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1941, p. 18
- Salvador Dalí, The Secret life of Salvador Dalí, Burton C. Hoffman, New York, 1942, between pp. 262-263, ill.
- James Thrall Soby, Salvador Dalí, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, p. 12
- A. Reynolds Morse, Michel Tapié, Dalí: a study of his life and work, New York graphic Society, Greenwich [Connecticut], 1958, p. 94, ill.
- Marcel Jean, Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1959, p. 217, ill.
- Salvador Dalí, Le Mythe tragique de l'Angélus de Millet : interprétation "paranoïaque-critique", Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1963, p. [14], ill., indirect image
- William S. Rubin, Dada and surrealist art, Harry N. Abrams, New York, [1968], pp. 433, 486, ill.
- Dali par Dali, Draeger, [París], 1970, pp. 10, 14-15, ill.
- Dalí über Dalí, Propyläen, Berlin, 1970, pp. 10, 14-15, il·l.
- Salvador Dalí ... a panorama of his art, The Salvador Dalí Museum, Cleveland, 1974, p. 193, ill.
- William S. Rubin, Art Dada et Surrealiste, Seghers, Paris, [1976], pp. 433, 484, ill.
- Salvador Dali : La Gare de Perpignan accompagnée d'une petite rétrospective, Galerie André-François Petit, Paris, [1977], p. [20], ill.
- Robert Benayoun, Erotique du surréalisme, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, [París], 1978, p. [62], ill.
- Salvador Dalí, El Mito trágico del Angelus de Millet, Tusquets, Barcelona, 1978, p. [22], ill., indirect image
- Homage to Dalí, Chartwell Books, Secaucus, New Jersey, [1980], pp. 139-140
- Hommage à Dalí, Vilo, Paris, 1980, pp. 139-140
- Maria Gabriella Guglielmi, Fotografia e paranoia. L'occhio di Salvador Dalí, Arnica, Roma, 1983, p. 104, ill., indirect image
- Robert Descharnes, Dalí, the work, the man: 1934-1944, Kodansha, [Tòquio], 1984, p. 168, ill.
- Robert Descharnes, Dalí, l'oeuvre et l'homme, Edita, Lausanne, 1984, p. 168, ill.
- Robert Descharnes, Dalí, sein Werk, sein Leben: die Eroberung, des Irrationalen, Dumont, Köln, 1984, p. 168, ill.
- Robert Descharnes, Dalí : la obra y el hombre, Tusquets / Edita, Lausanne, Barcelona, 1984, p. 168, ill.
- Salvador Dalí, Millet Angelusának tragikus mítosza, Corvina, Budapest, 1986, p. [18], ill., indirect image
- Salvador Dalí, The Tragic myth of Millet's Angelus, The Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, 1986, p. 155, ill., indirect image
- Robert Descharnes, Salvador Dalí : the work, the man, Henry N. Abrams, New York, 1989, p. 168, ill.
- El Objeto surrealista en España, Museo de Teruel, Fundació Caixa de Barcelona, [Barcelona], Teruel, 1990, p. 149, ill., indirect image
- L'Objecte surrealista a Espanya, Diputació Provincial de Teruel, Fundació Caixa de Barcelona, Teruel, Barcelona, 1990, p. 149, ill., indirect image
- Marcel Jean, Au galop dans le vent, Jean-Pierre Monza, [S.l.], 1991, p. 44
- Paul Mariah, Salvador Dalí, Dances with Dalí / Minotaur 25/26, Minotaur Press, Felton, CA, 1991, p. 23
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 208, ill.
- Sarane Alexandrian, Surrealist art, Thames and Hudson, London, 1995, p. 98, ill.
- Dawn Ades, Fiona Bradley, Salvador Dalí: a mythology, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 1998, p. 14, ill., indirect image
- Salvador Dalí, El Mito trágico del Angelus de Millet, Tusquets, Barcelona, 1998, p. [24], ill.
- Dalí's optical illusions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000, p. 112, ill., indirect image
- Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, pp. 229, 314
- Robert Descharnes, Nicolas Descharnes, Dalí : le dur et le mou : sortilège et magie des formes, sculptures et objets, Eccart, [Azay le Rideau], 2003, p. 31, ill.
- Dalí, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 196, ill.
- Dalí, Rizzoli, New York, 2005, p. 196, ill.
- Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Assaigs 2, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, [Figueres], Barcelona, 2005, p. 408, ill., indirect image
- Shûzô Takigushi, Dalí : Tokio, 1939, Notari, Genève, 2012, fig. 46, il·l.
- Dalí / Duchamp, Royal Academy of Arts, The Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, London, 2017, p. 30
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Cat. no. OE 18
Ornamental Spectre of the Erection
1933-1934
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