Enrico Donati
Evil Eye
Enrico Donati
Evil EyeMixed media, 10 3/8 x 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 1946
Selected Exhibitions:
Le Surréalisme en 1947, Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1947. Les Surréalistes en Exil et Les Debuts de l'Ecole de New York, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, May 12–April 27, 2000. Surrealism USA, National Academy Museum, New York, February 17-May 8, 2005; Phoenix Art Museum, June 5-September 25, 2005. The Surreal World of Enrico Donati, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, June 9-September 2, 2007. Surreal Objects: Three-Dimensional Works from Dalí to Man Ray, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, February 11-May 29, 2011.
Selected Literature:
Josefina Alix and Martica Sawin. Les Surréalistes en Exil et Les Debuts de l'Ecole de New York. Strasbourg: Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, 2000. Isabelle Dervaux. Surrealism USA. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2005. Timothy Anglin Burgard. The Surreal World of Enrico Donati. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007. Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein, eds. Surreal Objects: Three-Dimensional Works from Dalí to Man Ray. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011.
Explosion du son (Electric Eye)
Enrico Donati
Explosion du son (Electric Eye)Oil on canvas, 110 x 80 inches, 1947
Literature:
Theodore F. Wolff. Enrico Donati:
Surrealism and Beyond. New York:
Hudson Hills Press, 1996.
Fist
Enrico Donati
FistBronze and glass, 16 x 9 ½ x 11 ¼ inches, 1946
Selected Exhibitions:
Le Surréalisme en 1947. Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1947. Surrealism USA, National Academy Museum, New York, February 17–May 8, 2005; Phoenix Art Museum, June 5–September 25, 2005. The Surreal World of Enrico Donati. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, June 9–September 2, 2007. The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, May 28–October 2, 2011.
Selected Literature:
Isabelle Dervaux. Surrealism USA. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2005. Timothy Anglin Burgard. The Surreal World of Enrico Donati. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007. Dawn Ades. The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2011.
Le crépuscole et la cité
Menagerie
Prière de toucher
Enrico Donati & Marcel Duchamp
Prière de ToucherHand-colored foam and velvet on limited edition exhibition catalogue
for Le Surréalisme en 1947, 9 ½ x 8 ¼ x 1 ¼ inches, 1947Provenance:
Enrico Donati
Selected Exhibitions:
Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum London, March-July 22, 2007; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, September 29, 2007-January 6, 2008; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, March 3-September 7, 2008; Art Gallery of Ontario, May 9-September 13, 2009. The Surreal World of Enrico Donati. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, June 9-September 2, 2007. Surreal Objects: Three-Dimensional Works from Dalí to Man Ray, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, February 11-May 29, 2011.
Selected Literature:
Dawn Ades et al. In the Mind's Eye: Dada and Surrealism. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1984. Ghislaine Wood. Surreal Things. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007. Timothy Anglin Burgard. The Surreal World of Enrico Donati. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007. Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein, eds. Surreal Objects: Three-Dimensional Works from Dalí to Man Ray. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011.
Roi d'éclair
Enrico Donati
Roi d'éclairOil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 1945
Exhibited:
Painting in the United States,
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 1946.
Durand-Ruel Galleries,
New York, March 1946.
Study for Collage
Tower of the Alchemist: Creation of the Sun
Enrico Donati
Tower of the Alchemist: Creation of the SunOil on canvas, 98 x 71 inches, 1947
Exhibited:
Enrico Donati: Beyond Surrealism, Boca
Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton,
Florida, March 20–May 11, 1997.Literature:
Theodore F. Wolff. Enrico Donati:
Surrealism and Beyond. New York:
Hudson Hills Press, 1996.
Enrico Donati: Beyond Surrealism.
Boca Raton: Boca Raton Museum
of Art, 1997.
Tower of the Alchemist: Partie de l'ultrason
Enrico Donati
Tower of the Alchemist: Partie de l'ultrasonOil on canvas, 110 x 80 inches, 1947
Exhibited:
Les Surréalistes en Exil et Les Debuts de
l'Ecole de New York, Musée d'Art
Moderne et Contemporain,
Strasbourg, May 12–August 27, 2000.Literature:
Theodore F. Wolff. Enrico Donati:
Surrealism and Beyond. New York:
Hudson Hills Press, 1996.
Josefina Alix and Martica Sawin. Les
Surréalistes en Exil et Les Debuts de
l'Ecole de New York, Strasbourg: Musée
d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, 2000.
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