Salvador Dalí
Gala and the Angelus of Millet Immediately Preceding the Arrival of the Conic Anamorphoses
1933
Here Dalí presented many unlikely associations. A copy of Jean-François Millet’s famous Angelus, above the doorway; in the background, Dalí’s wife, Gala, smiles at a figure resembling Vladimir Lenin; a bust on the wall ledge may be poet André Breton, leader of the Surrealist movement; Russian writer Maxim Gorky holds the door, wearing on his head a lobster, one of Dalí’s favourite props. This illogical scene is characteristic of Surrealism, which often juxtaposes unrelated objects and dream imagery.
Artist
Title
Gala and the Angelus of Millet Immediately Preceding the Arrival of the Conic Anamorphoses
Date
1933
Medium
Painting
Materials
oil on woodDimensions
24.2 x 19.2 cm
Nationality
Spanish
Credit line
Purchased 1975
Accession number
18456