QUEENS, NEW YORK.- Albert Field, an expert and archivist of Salvador Dalí works, died Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens at the age of 86. Albert Field was founder of the Salvador Dali Archives; for more than forty years, and with the written permission and enthusiastic support of Salvador Dalí, Albert Field had been assembling and maintaining Dalí’s official Archives here in New York City. 
In the course of his research, Mr. Field had made more than forty trips to Europe, and two to Japan, visiting museums and private homes in thirteen countries. He assisted in the preparations of Dali exhibitions in New York, Montreal, Paris, Stuttgart, Zurich, Tokyo, Barcelona and Madrid. Over the years, Mr. Field maintained frequent contact with Dali, at his home in Spain, and in New York and Paris. He appeared on Canadian television, on CBS’s program, "Sixty Minutes", and in several documentary films on Dali’s life.
Mr. Field translated original articles by Dalí for publication in books and magazines, and has written on the art of Dalí. He is the author of : "The Official Catalog of theGraphic Works of Salvador Dali.
Mr. Field worked on a new volume which explores Dali’s sculptures, coins, plates, and other three dimensional objects.
Mr. Field assisted in eighteen government investigations of possible art fraud and has testified in several court cases, always being accepted by the court as an expert on Salvador Dali. Many museums and galleries have referred owners of Dalí works to The Dali Archives.
Albert Field attended Columbia College and had a graduate degree from Harvard University.