About This Artwork

Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904–1989

Atmospheric Chair, 1933

Oil on panel
7 1/8 x 5 7/16 in. (18.1 x 14.1 cm)
none
Mary Reynolds Collection; gift of Frank B. Hubachek, 1989.56

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

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Paris, Pierre Colle, Exposition Surréaliste, June 7–18, 1933, no. 8 as Chaise atmosphérique.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris, September 20, 2008–January 4, 2009.

Publication History

Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí 1904–1989. Das malerische werk, vol. 1 (Cologne, 1993), p. 231 (ill), pl. 516, as Ohne Titel (Wütenlandschaft), Sans titre (Paysage désertique).

Ownership History

Given by Salvador Dalí to Mary Reynolds (died 1950), Paris, by 1950 [letter February 17, 1964 from Frank B. Hubacheck in curatorial file]; by descent to her brother Frank B. Hubachek, Chicago, 1950; given by him to the Art Institute, October 1963 [letter cited above].