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The Image Disappears

A work made of pen and black ink on ivory wove paper.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018

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  • A work made of pen and black ink on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1938

Artist:

Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904-1989

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Salvador Dalí

Title

The Image Disappears

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1938

Medium

Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed, signed, and dated, lower left: "Fait expressément pour étoner [sic] Galutska / Gala" (done especially to amaze Galutzka/Gala) / Salvador Dali 1938"

Dimensions

64.7 × 50.8 cm (25 1/2 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

A Gift from Lindy and Edwin Bergman

Reference Number

1986.861

Copyright

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018

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