Surveys paintings, drawings, and watercolors from each stage of Dali's career, and discusses the themes of his major works

Published to accompany a major exhibition of his work, in Liverpool and St Petersburg, this study presents Salvador Dali's engagement with myth, legend and belief. Focusing mainly on the 1930s and early 1940s, during his involvement with the surrealist movement, it explores his illustration and adaptation of clasical, popular and Catholic narratives, his fascination with stories in collective ownership and his determined appropriation of them for the self-consciously orchestrated story of his own life.

Bizarre works from controversial artist, including Enchanted Beach with Three Fluid Graces (1938), Disappearing Bust of Voltaire (1941), 4 more.

Press kit for the exhibition held May 20-September 4, 1995 at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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.