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

Drawing in black ink of a wavy-haired woman's smiling face turned toward her own shoulder, upon which rests a pair of lamb chops.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018

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  • Drawing in black ink of a wavy-haired woman's smiling face turned toward her own shoulder, upon which rests a pair of lamb chops.

Date:

1934

Artist:

Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904-1989

About this artwork

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

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