Surrealist house, 1938.

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Surrealist house, 1938.

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One binder containing 2 elevations (in gouache), 2 floor plans (1 gouache and 1 photograph), and interior display designs for the unrealized "Surrealist house," a pavilion proposed for the 1939 New York World's Fair. Julien Levy and Ian Woodner-Silverman created these plans, which Salvador Dali later revised for the display "The dreams of Venus." Images and typescript text are mounted on pages, some of heavy board, in a spiral binding.

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989

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Levy, Julien

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