The Persistence of Memory.
Title |
The Persistence of Memory. |
Creator |
Dali, Salvador (Spanish painter and printmaker, 1904-1989) |
Date |
1931 |
Cultural Context |
Spanish European Western European |
Style/Period |
Surrealist Modern (styles and periods) Modernist |
Subject |
Fantasy Symbols Dreaming Time Clocks & watches Trees Flies Ants Insects Reflections Landscapes (Representations) Cliffs |
Description |
"Dali's famous 'melting clocks' in The Persistence of Memory portray the uncanny quality of certain dreams. In a stark, oddly illuminated landscape, a number of elements referring to time - watches, eggs, a dead fish, a dead tree - are juxtaposed with a single living fly and swarming ants. Displaced from an unidentified location onto the eerie landscape are two rectangular platforms at the left. The one in the foreground impossibly supports a tree, just as an impossible system of lighting produces strange color combinations." |
Material |
Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas |
Measurements |
9 1/2 x 13 in (24 x 33 cm) |
Technique |
Oil painting (technique) Painting (image-making) |
Work Type |
Oil paintings Paintings |
Repository |
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (New York, New York) |
Source |
Adams, Laurie Schneider. Art Across Time. 2nd ed. 2 vols. New York: McGraw, 2002. (p.922, 26.10). |
Rights |
Photograph reproduced in Adams courtesy: Photograph © 2001 The Museum of Modern Art, New York/ © 2001 Estate of Gala-Salvador Dali/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Digital File Name |
VRC 437-04.jpg |
Rating |
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