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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
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Avant-garde
Fantasy
Illusion
Symbolism (artistic concept)
Symbols
Imagery
Dreams
Time
Memory
Clocks
Timepieces
Pocket watches
Watches
Melting
Trees
Platforms
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Reflections (perceived properties)
Landscapes (representations)
Cliffs
Bodies of water
Subject
Paintings
Oil paintings
Fantasy
Symbols
Dreaming
Time
Clocks & watches
Trees
Flies
Ants
Insects
Reflections
Landscapes (Representations)
Cliffs
Bodies of water
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
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