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Formation of the Monsters

A work made of pen and black ink on pink laid 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 pink laid paper.

Date:

1937

Artist:

Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904-1989

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Salvador Dalí

Title

Formation of the Monsters

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.

1937

Medium

Pen and black ink on pink laid paper

Inscriptions

Titled, signed, and dated, lower right: "Formation des Monstres / Salvador Dali 1937"

Dimensions

25.6 × 16.7 cm (10 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.309

Copyright

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

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