Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904–1989
Untitled (Dream of Venus) formerly Visions of Eternity
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Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904–19891939
Untitled (Dream of Venus) formerly Visions of Eternity
Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904–1989 →Surrealismoil on canvaspainting
Date
1939
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
207 × 117.5 cm (81 1/2 × 46 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro
This painting originally comprised the left-most portion of a much larger mural featured in the popular and salacious Dream of Venus pavilion, which Dalí created for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Incorporating the artist’s major iconography of the decade, including a melting clock and a burning giraffe, the mural hung in the “dry” portion of the presentation. The adjacent “wet” aquarium featured a burlesque performance that complemented the pavilion’s celebration of classical beauty. The arched passage in this painting was mirrored on the mural’s right side in a panel that remains lost today.
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