Author Description

"This catalog presents the complete collection of oil paintings at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, including the largest collection of his masterworks, each of which occupied the artist for a year in its making. The Museum houses 2,400 works in total which comprise this preeminent collection. Commentaries written by Museum curators on twenty-six of the paintings and four of the objects provide valuable new perspectives on Salvador Dalí's work. Also included is a detailed chronology of Dalí's life, making this sumptuous volume of fine color-reproductions an essential addition to the study of Dalí"--