Mae West's Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment

Provenance

Sold by the artist to Mrs. Charles Goodspeed (née Elizabeth Fuller, later Mrs. Gilbert Chapman; 1893–1980), Chicago, by 1938 [according to letter from Mrs. Goodspeed dated June 8, 1970 and Chicago 1938 exh. cat.]; given to the Art Institute, 1949.

Mae West's Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment

Salvador Dalí

1934–35

Accession Number

65819

Medium

Gouache with graphite, on commercially printed magazine page

Dimensions

28.3 × 17.8 cm (11 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Classification

gouache

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Goodspeed