the painting was first shown at an exhibition held at the julien levy gallery, new york, from march 21 to april 18, 1939 (although the exhibition catalogue does not mention the painting, an article in the "new york times" mentions its presence). it has also been exhibited in 1983 at the palau reial de pedralbes in barcelona, in 1985 at the palais des beaux arts in charleroi, and again in barcelona in 2004, at the caixaforum gallery. from june 1 to september 9, 2007 it was one of around 100 dalí works on display at the tate modern in london as part of the "dalí and film" exhibition.