- Cat. no. P
- 133
The enigma of William Tell

Cat. no. P 133
The enigma of William Tell
c. 1933
Description
- Date:
- c. 1933
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 201.3 x 346.5 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Inscriptions:
- Inscribed at the base of the architectural structure: L'ENIGME DE GUILLAUME TELL
- Location:
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- Bought in 1967 from the artist
- 1933, Barcelona, Galeria d'Art Catalònia, Salvador Dalí a Galeria d'Art Catalònia, 8-12-1933 - 21-12-1933, cat. no. 1
- 1934, París, Grand Palais, Salon des Indépendents, 2-2-1934 - 11-3-1934, cat. no. 1064
- 1960, New York, Carstairs Gallery, Salvador Dali, December 1960 - January 1961, cat. no. 2
- 1964, Tokyo, Tokyo Prince Hotel Gallery, Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, 8-9-1964 - 18-10-1964, cat. no. 23
- 1970, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Dalí, 21-11-1970 - 10-1-1971, cat. no. 29
- 1973, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Salvador Dali, 6-10-1973 - 2-12-1973, cat. no. 11
- 1974, Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie und Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Salvador Dalí, 14-3-1974 - 5-5-1974, cat. no. 6
- 1979, París, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, 18-12-1979 - 21-4-1980, cat. no. 86
- 1980, London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, 14-5-1980 - 29-6-1980, cat. no. 84
- 1989, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, 13-5-1989 - 23-7-1989, cat. no. 99
- 1994, Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, El Surrealismo en España, 11-2-1994 - 17-4-1994, cat. no. 43
- 1997, París, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Années 30 en Europe : le temps menaçant, 1929-1930, 20-2-1997 - 25-5-1997, p. 197
- p. 3
- J. C., "Una exposició i un llibre", Mirador, 04/01/1934, Barcelona, p. 7
- Georges Hilaire, "L'énigme de Guillaume Tell", [Cahiers de la République des lettres, des sciences et des arts], 28/01/1934, Paris, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí, La Conquête de l'irrationnel, Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, 1935, il. 11
- Salvador Dalí, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, Dial Press, New York, 1942, p. X (detail) (indirect image)
- Georges Hugnet, "Petite contribution a la Vie Secrète de Salvador Dali", Figaro Litteraire, 20/11/1954, Paris, p. 3 (detail) (indirect image)
- Francisco Parés, "Diálogo espiriliforme con Salvador Dali", Bohemia, 25/12/1960, Caracas, p. 37 (detail) (imatge indircta)
- Salvador Dalí : exhibition - Japan 1964, Mainichi Newspaper, Tokyo, 1964, p. 62
- Salvador Dalí, Diary of a genius, Doubleday, New York, 1965, il. 2
- Paul H. Walton, Dali / Miró, Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1967, il. 13 (detail)
- Dalí, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1970, il. 29
- A. Reynolds Morse, Dalí, the masterworks, The Reynolds-Morse Foundation, Cleveland, 1971, p. 37
- Xavière Gauthier, Surréalisme et sexualité, Gallimard, [París], 1971, p. 346
- Louisiana Revy : Salvador Dalí, [Louisiana Revy], Humlebaek, 1973, p. 19, p. 38 (indirect image) (detail)
- Salvador Dalí : a guide to his works in public museums, The Dalí Museum, Cleveland [Ohio], 1973, cover, p. [27]
- Salvador Dalí, André Parinaud, Comment on devient Dalí, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1973, n. p.
- s. a., "Salvador Dalí", Moderna Museet Stockholm, 26/12/1973, Stockholm, p. 8, p. 9 (indirect image) (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, Städtische Galerie und Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am main, 1974, p. 21
- Jacques Dopagne, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1974, il. 37
- Le Surréalisme, XXe siècle, Paris, 1975, p. [27]
- Luis Romero, Todo Dalí en un rostro, Blume, Madrid, Barcelona, 1975, p. 280 (detail)
- Salvador Dalí: rétrospective, 1920-1980, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art moderne, Paris, 1979, p. 162
- Homage to Dalí, Chartwell Books, Secaucus, New Jersey, [1980], p. 133
- Hommage à Dalí, Vilo, Paris, 1980, p. 133
- Salvador Dalí, The Tate Gallery, London, 1980, il. 84
- Marianna Minola de Galloti, "Salvador Dalí en el "Beaubourg" de París", Goya, 31/07/1980, Madrid, p. 60 (detail)
- Dawn Ades, Dalí and surrealism, Harper & Row, New York, 1982, p. 90
- Conroy Maddox, Dalí, Benedick Taschen, Köln, 1983, p. 38
- Conroy Maddox, Dalí, Newness Books, Feltham [Middlesex], 1983, p. 38
- s. a., ""Ich war phänomenal"", Der Spiegel, 17/09/1984, Hamburg, p. 215 (detail)
- Sarane Alexandrian, Dalí, Fernand Hazan, Paris, 1985, il. 37
- Salvador Dalí, The Tragic myth of Millet's Angelus, The Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, 1986, p. 189
- Takahiko Okada, Dalí, Shueisha, [S.l.], 1986, p. 64, p. 65
- Roger Michel Erasmy, Codex Dalinianus : indicateur esoterique des previsions paranoïaques-critiques de Salvador Dalí, Erasmy Roger Michel, Claira (France), 1987, p. 5
- Roger Michel Erasmy, Codex Dalinianus / Código de Dalí, Erasmy Roger Michel, El Periódico, Barcelona, 1988, p. 7
- Dalí à Clermont-Ferrand, Musée Bargoin, Pierre Argilet, Clermont-Ferrand, 1989, n. p. (indirect image) (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 131
- Salvador Dalí, Meisterwerke der dreissiger Jahre, Schirmer-Mosel, München, 1989, il. 14
- Guillermo Carnero, Las Armas abisinias, Anthropos, Barcelona, 1989, il. XXIX
- Roger Michel Erasmy, Codex Dalínianus, Erasmy, [S.l.], 1989, cover, p. 34
- Los Dalís de Dalí: colección del museo nacional centro de arte reina Sofía, Centro cultural/Arte contemporaneo, México D. F., 1990, p. 12
- Paul Moorhouse, Dalí, Magna Books, Wigston [Anglaterra], 1990, p. 50-51
- André Breton, la beauté convulsive, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1991, p. 200
- Dalí exhibition, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1991, p. 27
- Eric Shanes, Dalí, Debate, Madrid, 1991, p. 63
- Luis Romero, PsicoDálico Dalí, Mediterranea, Barcelona, 1991, p. 81
- Alessandr Rogin, [Salvador Dalí : el mite i la realitat], Republica, Moscou, 1992, p. 52
- A. Reynolds Morse, Dali's animal crackers, Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1993, p. 24, p. 24 (detail)
- Jaume Vidal i Oliveras, Josep Dalmau : l'aventura per l'art modern, Angle, Fundació Caixa de Manresa, Manresa, [1993], p. 104 (indirect image)
- El Surrealismo en España, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, [Madrid], 1994, p. 163
- André Bouguenec, Salvador Dalí : philosophe et esotériste incompris, Opéra, Nantes, 1994, p. IX
- Jessica Hodge, Salvador Dali, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1994, p. 60-61
- Marco Di Capua, Dalí, Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1994, p. 141
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 201
- Ruth Amossy, Dalí ou le filon de la paranoïa, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1995, p. 70
- Christopher Masters, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1996, p. 71
- Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí : 1904-1989, Evergreen (Benedikt Taschen), [Köln], 1996, p. 29
- Haim Finkelstein, Salvador Dalí's art and writing, 1927-1942 : the metamorphoses of Narcissus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996, p. 150
- Années 30 en Europe : le temps menaçant, 1929-1930, Paris-Musées, Flammarion, Paris, 1997, p. 197
- Robert Radford, Dalí, Phaidon, London, 1997, p. 150
- Dawn Ades, Dalí, Thames and Hudson, London, 1998, p. 90 (il. 70)
- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Fèlix Fanés, Salvador Dalí. Álbum de familia, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Fundació La Caixa, [Barcelona], [Figueres], 1998, p. 33 (indirect image)
- Pascal Bonafoux, Christophe Valentin (il.), La Beauté comestible : à propos de Dalí et les aliments, Plume, Paris, 1998, p. 39 (indirect image) (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, Parkstone, England, 1999, p. 77
- Salvador Dalí, Arken Museum of Modern Art, [Ishøj], 1999, p. 9
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Electa, Madrid, 1999, p. 37
- Robert S. Lubar, The Salvador Dalí Museum collection, Bulfinch, Boston - New York - London, 2000, p. IX
- Grandes maestros de la pintura : Dalí, Altaya, Barcelona, 2001, p. 10-11
- Antoni Gaudí Salvador Dalí, Loft, Barcelona, 2002, p. 83
- Juan Antonio Ramírez, Dalí: lo crudo y lo podrido, A. Machado Libros, Madrid, 2002, p. 44
- Dalí 1904-2004, Edicions 62, Barcelona, 2003, p. 106-107
- Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 132-133
- The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 132-133
- Lluís Llongueras, Todo Dalí : vida y obra del personaje más genial y espectacular del siglo XX, Generalitat de Catalunya, [Barcelona], 2003, p. LXII
- Ricard Mas Peinado, Universdalí, Lunwerg, Barcelona, Madrid, 2003, p. 137
- Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Textos autobiográficos 1, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, [Madrid], [Figueres], Barcelona, 2003, n. p. (detail)
- Salvador Dalí, Obra completa : Textos autobiográficos 2, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, [Madrid], [Figueres], Barcelona, 2003, n. p. (detail)
- Dalí : afinitats electives, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura., Barcelona, 2004, p. 71, p. 187 (indirect image) (detail)
- Dalí, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 177
- Obra completa : Álbum, Destino, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, [Madrid], [Figueres], Barcelona, 2004, p. 252 (indirect image)
- Persistence and memory : new critical perspectives on Dalí centennial, Bompiani, [Milà], 2004, p. 134 (detail)
- Alyse Gaultier, The Little book of Dalí, Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 114-115
- Alyse Gaultier, L'Abcdaire de Dalí, Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 108-109
- Enric Bou, Daliccionario : objetos, mitos y símbolos de Salvador Dalí, Tusquets, Barcelona, 2004, p. 17
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí : master of fantasies, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004, p. 78-79
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dalí the impresario of surrealism, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, p. 78-79
- Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Dali : le grand paranoïaque, Découvertes Gallimard Arts, Paris, 2004, p. 78-79
- Linde Salber, Salvador Dalí, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 2004, p. 66
- Màrius Carol, Josep Playà i Maset, El Enigma Dalí, Plaza Janés, Barcelona, 2004, n. p.
- Silvia Borghesi, Dalí, Electa, Milán, 2004, p. 64, p. 64 (detail), p. 65 (3 details)
- Dalí, Unidad Editorial, [S.l.], 2005, p. 126-127. p. 182
- It's all Dalí, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005, p. 477 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí i les arts : historiografia i crítica al segle XXI, Publicacions de la Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2005, p. 159 (indirect image) (detail)
- Lucía García de Carpi, Salvador Dalí, Ambos Mundos, Salamanca, 2005, p. 79, p. 130 (detail)
- Vicent Santamaria de Mingo, El Pensament de Salvador Dalí en el llindar dels anys trenta, Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, 2005, p. 258
- Dali's universe and masterpieces of surrealists, The Museum of Art, Ehime (Japó), [2006], p. 9
- Moderna Musset - the book, Moderna Musset, Stockholm, 2006, n. p.
- Salvador Dalí : La gare de Perpignan - Pop, Op, Yes-yes, Pompier, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2006, p. 117
- Robin Adèle Greeley, Surrealism and the Spanish civil war, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2006, p. 60
- Torsten Otte, Salvador Dalí : Eine Biographie mit Selbstzeugnissen des Künstlers, Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg, 2006, p. 62
- Salvador Dalí - Surrealisti! = Salvador Dalí - Surrealist!, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Espoo, Figueres, 2007, p. 28 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí: an illustrated life, Tate Publishing, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales - Ministerio de Cultura, [Madrid], [Figueres], London, 2007, p. 252 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí à la croisée des savoirs, Desjonquères, Paris, 2007, p. 136
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Fundación Mapfre. Instituto de Cultura, Madrid, 2007, p. 67
- Timeline 2058-1838|The History book on Moderna Museet : 1958-2008, Moderna Musset, Stockholm, 2008, p. 212-213, n. p. (indirect image) (detail)
- Collections en hommage à Salvador Dalí, Catherine Charbonneaux, Paris, 2009, p. 21 (indirect image)
- Salvador Dalí et ses photographes : 1999 couvent des Minimes 2009, Trabucaire, Canet, 2009, n. p. (indirect image) (detail)
- Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Los tesoros de Salvador Dalí, Librería Universitaria, Barcelona, 2009, p. 30
- Francesca Adamo, Caterina Pennestrì, Il Destino di un incontro : Salvador Dalì e Walt Disney, Mimesis, Milano, 2010, p. 42
- Catherine Grenier, Salvador Dalí : l'invention de soi, Flammarion, Paris, 2011, p. 127
- Dalí, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2012, p. 223
- Begoña Souviron López, Dalí en el contexto cultural centroeuropeo : literatura e iconografia, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, 2014, p. 187 (detail)
- Daniel R. Caruncho, Salvador Dalí, las obras de su vida, Dos de Arte, Barcelona, 2015, p. 35
- Gabriel Montua, Dalís 20. Jahrhundert : die westliche Kunst zwischen Politik, Markt und Medien, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2015, il. XVI
- Pilar Parcerisas, Dalí, Duchamp, Man Ray : una partida d'escacs, Museu de Cadaqués, Cadaqués, 2016, p. 178 (indirect image) (detail)
- Ricard Mas, Dalí i Barcelona, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2017, p. 68 (detall), p. 69 (imatge indirecta) (detall)
- Dali : poetics of the small, 1929-1936, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2018, p. 133
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