Trilogy of the Desert. Invisible Lovers

• William Lighfoot Schultz, New York
• Auctioned at Christie's, London, June 30th, 1999

• The Invisible Lovers is one of the three paintings that Dalí made to publicize the new Leigh Desert Flower perfume for Shulton, Inc.

• 1946, New York, M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., Salvador Dali: "Trilogy of the desert", October 30th, 1946, no reference
• 1963, Los Angeles, Britts Department Stores, 3 priceless paintings by Salvador Dali, December 1963, no reference
• 1965, Nashville, Harvey`s, , 12-4-1965 - 16-4-1965, no reference
• 1966, Kenosha, Montgomery Ward, , 21-3-1966 - 26-3-1966, no reference
• 2001, Segovia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Dalí en las colecciones españolas, 9-10-2001 - 6-1-2002, cat. no. 24
• 2004, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Dalí. Cultura de masses, 5-2-2004 - 23-5-2004, cat. no. 240

• n. p.
• Salvador Dalí, "Desert Flower (anunci) (il)", Vogue, 15/01/1947, Greenwich, Conn., n. p.
• Salvador Dalí, "[Anunci publicitari Desert Flower", Vogue, 15/02/1947, New York, n. p.
• s. a., "Mandel Brothers", Chicago Daily Tribune, 16/03/1947, Chicago, n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "The invisible lovers", Winnipeg Free Press, 04/11/1950, Winnipeg, Ca, p. 16 (detail)
• Dorothy Pfeiffer, "Dali´s work seen in Montreal", The Gazette, 21/06/1958, Montréal, QC, p. 22
• S.m. Aguirre, "Dalí en La Habana", Gaceta Ilustrada, 04/07/1959, Madrid, p. 30
• s. a., "Desert Flower", The Washington Post, 17/01/1960, Washington, D.c., n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "[See the $100,000 original paintings by Salvador Dalí][anunci]", The Washington Post, 17/01/1960, Washington, n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "Desert Flowers on Canvas [il]", News, 11/05/1960, Dallas, Tex., n. p.
• s. a., "Dali painting, (il.)", Chronicle, 22/05/1963, Houston, Tex., n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "The Dazzling Doings Of Dali", Times, 31/07/1963, Pekin, Ill., n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "Organized Consfusionist Dali At It Again", Times, 04/08/1963, Kingsport, Tenn., n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "Britts Department Stores (anunci)", Los Angeles Times, 01/12/1963, Los Angeles, n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "Display ad 110--no title", Chicago Tribune, 26/11/1964, Chicago, n. p. (detail)
• Frances Piper, "Dali Paintings Worth $100,000 Now on Exhibition at Lazarus", Dispatch, 29/04/1965, Columbus, Ohio, n. p. (indirect image)
• s. a., "Three Dali paintings at shopping center", Post Tribune, 03/01/1966, Gary, Ind., n. p.
• s. a., "[Frank o'Brien and...]", Morn. Journal Star, 19/01/1966, Peoria, Ill., n. p. (indirect image)
• s. a., "Dali Will Be on Display at Ward Store", Press, 01/02/1966, Pontiac, Mich., n. p.
• Marion Wilke, "Art World Awhirl", Star, 27/02/1966, Rockford, Ill., n. p. (detail)
• s. a., "[One in a series...]", Tribune, 01/03/1966, Royal Oak, Mich., n. p. (indirect image)
• s. a., "Dali's bizarre paintings at center", Macomb Daily, 02/03/1966, Mt. Clemens, Mich., n. p. (indirect image)
• Betty Ann, "Artist interpreting floral fragrance", Journal, 06/03/1966, Milwaukee, Wis., n. p. (detail)
• Elaine Edwards, "Teamwork sells this show", News, 18/03/1966, Kenosha, Wis., n. p.
• Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 395
• Dalí en las colecciones españolas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente,, Segovia, 2001, p. 99
• Les Essentiels de l'art Dalí, Ludion, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 262
• The Portable Dalí, Universe, New York, 2003, p. 262
• Dalí. Cultura de masses, Fundació La Caixa, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Barcelona, 2004, p. 164
• Detlef Lehmann, Die Göttlichen düfte: Salvador Dalí und seine Parfums, Europäische Kultur Stiftung MARCO, Berlin, 2004, p. 50 (indirect image) (detail)
• Montse Aguer i Teixidor, Juan José Lahuerta, Salvador Dalí i les revistes, Distribucions d'Art Surrealista, [Figueres], 2008, il. 204, il. 205 (indirect image)
• Dalí News, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2014, p. 8-9
• Media - Dalí, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai Culture Publishing House, Shanghai, 2015, p. 164 (indirect image)

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