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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Face of the Great Masturbator
Work_PrefTitle
Face of the Great Masturbator
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Visage du Grand Masturbateur
Work_AltTitle
Visage du Grand Masturbateur
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Detail, grasshopper sucking the mouth of the metamorphosed head, couple embracing below
Image_Title
Detail, grasshopper sucking the mouth of the metamorphosed head, couple embracing below
Image View
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Creator:
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Salvador Dalí (Spanish painter, 1904-1989)
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Salvador Dalí (Spanish painter, 1904-1989)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) AS11140
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repository: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) AS11140
Location
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Location Note:
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52 Santa Isabel Street
Work_LocationNotes
52 Santa Isabel Street
Location Note
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GPS:
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40.408889-3.694444
GPS
40.408889-3.694444
GPS
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Date:
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1929 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1929 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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French; Spanish
Work_Culture
French; Spanish
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
painting (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
Work_MaterialDisplay
oil paint on canvas
Material
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
Work_Technique
oil painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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110 cm (height) x 150 cm (width)
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110 cm (height) x 150 cm (width)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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abstraction; allegory; self-portrait
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abstraction; allegory; self-portrait
Subjects
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Description:
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This painting, the quintessential symbol par excellence of his sexual obsessions, has even been commented upon by the artist himself in the best known of his literary works, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, published in 1942. Salvador Dalí painted the picture in late summer 1929, after spending a few days with Gala, who had decided to stay with him in Cadaqués, despite the fact that her husband at that time, the poet Paul Éluard, had returned to Paris alone. This disturbing composition also shows Dalí’s fantasies reaching a zenith, especially with regard to the motif of the grasshopper suckling the principal metamorphosed figure, since, according to Dawn Ades, Dalí had from early childhood always had a particular terror of the insect. (Source: Museo Reina Sofia [website]; https://www.museorei nasofia.es/en/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
This painting, the quintessential symbol par excellence of his sexual obsessions, has even been commented upon by the artist himself in the best known of his literary works, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, published in 1942. Salvador Dalí painted the picture in late summer 1929, after spending a few days with Gala, who had decided to stay with him in Cadaqués, despite the fact that her husband at that time, the poet Paul Éluard, had returned to Paris alone. This disturbing composition also shows Dalí’s fantasies reaching a zenith, especially with regard to the motif of the grasshopper suckling the principal metamorphosed figure, since, according to Dawn Ades, Dalí had from early childhood always had a particular terror of the insect. (Source: Museo Reina Sofia [website]; https://www.museorei nasofia.es/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-DALI-MRS-VGM-A09
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-DALI-MRS-VGM-A09
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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