About This Artwork

Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904-1989

Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops in Equilibrium upon Her Shoulder, 1934

India ink on painted olive-wood block
2 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 3/4 in. (6.8 x 8.7 x 1.9 cm)
Signed, l.r.: "Gala Salvador Dalí 1934"
Through prior gift of Mary and Leigh Block, 1995.46

© 2008 Salvador Dali, Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., Salvador Dali, June-July 1936, no. 11.

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Salvador Dali Retrospective 1920-1980, December 18, 1979-April 21, 1980, no. 133.

London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dali, May 14-June 29, 1980, no. 115.

Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2, September 19, 1997-January 4, 1998, p. 79.

Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. Gilli, Paris and Nice, by 1979 [Paris 1979]. Timothy Baum, New York. Sold to Art Institute, February 28, 1995 [bill of sale in curatorial file].