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

Modern Art

1934

Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904-1989

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Modern Art

Artist: Salvador Dalí
Title: Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops in Equilibrium upon Her Shoulder
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.: 1934
Medium: India ink on painted olive-wood block
Inscriptions: Signed, l.r.: "Gala Salvador Dalí 1934"
Dimensions: 6.8 × 8.7 × 1.9 cm (2 11/16 × 3 7/16 × 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Through prior gift of Mary and Leigh Block
Reference Number: 1995.46
Copyright: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018

Salvador Dalí, exh. cat. (Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., 1936), cat. 11, as Portrait of Gala with two lamb chops in equilibrium upon her shoulder.
Salvador Dalí 1920-1980, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1980), 196, cat. 135 (ill.), as Portrait de Gala portant deux côtelettes en équilibre sur son épaule.
Donna De Salvo, and Mary Ann Caws, Staging Surrealism, exh. cat. (Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, 1998), 45 (ill.), 79, as Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops in Equilibrium.
Art Institute of Chicago, Poetics of Scale: Small-Sized Works from the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, exh. checklist (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2003), n.p., cat. 11 (ill.).
Dawn Ades and Michael R. Taylor, Dalí, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, 2004), 176 (ill.), as Study for “Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on her Shoulder.”

London, Alex Reid & Lefevre, Salvador Dalí, June–July 1936, cat. 11, as Portrait of Gala with two lamb chops in equilibrium upon her shoulder.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Salvador Dalí: rétrospective 1920–1980, Dec. 18, 1979–Apr. 21, 1980, cat. 135, as Portrait de Gala portant deux côtelettes en équilibre sur son épaule.
London, The Tate Gallery, Salvador Dalí, May 14–June 29, 1980, cat. 115, as Portrait of Gala with two lamb chops balanced on her shoulder.
Columbus, OH, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2, Sept. 19, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998, no cat. no., as Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops in Equilibrium.
Art Institute of Chicago, Poetics of Scale: Small-Sized Works from the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, June 3–Aug. 24, 2003, cat. 11.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Salvador Dalí, Feb. 16-May 30, 2005, cat. 103, as Study for “Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on her Shoulder,” 1933.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears, Feb. 18–June 12, 2023, no cat.

Cécile Éluard (1918–2016) [Minutes of the Committee on Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1995; copy in curatorial object file]. Mr. and Mrs. Gilli, Paris, by 1979 [Paris 1979]. Timothy Baum, New York, by June 6, 1994 [letter from Timothy Baum, June 6, 1994; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 28, 1995.

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