Portrait of Isabelle Baker Woolley
Date1935
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 23 1/2 x 20 in. (59.7 x 50.8 cm)
Frame (Inner): 24 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (62.2 x 52.7 cm)
Frame (Outer): 34 5/8 x 29 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (87.9 x 75.2 x 5.4 cm)
Frame (Inner): 24 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (62.2 x 52.7 cm)
Frame (Outer): 34 5/8 x 29 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (87.9 x 75.2 x 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mr. And Mrs. J. Carrington Woolley in memory of Isabelle Baker Woolley, 2002
Object number2002.24.2
DescriptionPortrait of a woman (Isabelle Baker Woolley) sitting in a wooden carved chair. Blank canvas behind woman, rock sculpture to right and tree to left of image; desert background. Painting is framed with a wood strip frame within a larger shadow box with green velvet and Plexiglas.eMuseum Notes
When Dali visited New York for the opening of his first exhibition in the US, he was the guest of the Woolley family for over a month. As a gesture of his gratitude, the artist painted this portrait of Mrs. Woolley. Dali depicted Mrs. Woolley as he thought she would look some thirty years later. Remarkably, he was quite accurate.
On View
Not on view
1989
