Reve de Venus
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1939
Material: height: 8 1/2 x width: 11 inches
Creator: Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
Identifier: aql:1673 2004.2.5 QMOA
Description: Hand written lyrics for music that played at the entrance of the Dream of Venus Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Sung by actress Ruth Ford with a chorus of female voices, the music represented the murmuring of Sirens beckoning visitors inside the pavilion.
Creator :
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
Date :
1939
Summary/Description :
Hand written lyrics for music that played at the entrance of the Dream of Venus Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Sung by actress Ruth Ford with a chorus of female voices, the music represented the murmuring of Sirens beckoning visitors inside the pavilion.
Subject :
Surrealism; Mythology; Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Ocean life; Dreams; Amusement Area
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Type :
songs (document genre)
Format :
height: 8 1/2 x width: 11 inches
Identifier :
aql:1673 2004.2.5 QMOA
Subject:
Surrealism; Mythology; Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Ocean life; Dreams; Amusement Area
Surrealism; Mythology; Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Ocean life; Dreams; Amusement Area
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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