The Persistence of Memory.
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Title |
The Persistence of Memory. |
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Creator |
Dali, Salvador (Spanish painter and printmaker, 1904-1989) |
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Date |
1931 |
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Cultural Context |
Spanish
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Surrealist
Modern (styles and periods)
Modernist |
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Subject |
Fantasy
Symbols
Dreaming
Time
Clocks & watches
Trees
Flies
Ants
Insects
Reflections
Landscapes (Representations)
Cliffs |
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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." |
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Material |
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas |
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Measurements |
9 1/2 x 13 in (24 x 33 cm) |
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Technique |
Oil painting (technique)
Painting (image-making) |
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Work Type |
Oil paintings
Paintings |
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Repository |
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (New York, New York) |
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Source |
Adams, Laurie Schneider. Art Across Time. 2nd ed. 2 vols. New York: McGraw, 2002. (p.922, 26.10). |
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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. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 437-04.jpg |
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