Cat. no. OE
21

Untitled. Version of «Retrospective Bust of a Woman»

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  • Unique Original Work with Versions

    Unique Original Work with Versions

    1933

  • Unique Original Version

    Unique Original Version

    1934

  • Unique Original Version

    Unique Original Version

    1937

  • Unique Original Version

    Unique Original Version

    1938

  • Unique Original Version

    Unique Original Version

    1939

Untitled. Version of «Retrospective Bust of a Woman»

Cat. no. OE 21

Untitled. Version of «Retrospective Bust of a Woman»

1934

Description

Unique Original Version
Date:
1934
Technique:
Assemblage
Dimensions:
Unknown
Location:
Lost / Ephemeral work
Description:
This is the earliest documented unique original version of Dalí’s 1933 Retrospective Bust of a Woman. It has been possible to identify it from a photograph taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1934, which probably shows the window display of the Galerie Jacques Bonjean in Paris when the gallery hosted the Exposition Dalí. Although the details of the upper part of the bust cannot be appreciated in detail, it is clear that this version of the work does not include the loaf of bread, one of the most idiosyncratic elements of the original presented at the Galerie Pierre Colle the previous year.