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Enigma of My Desire, or My Mother, My Mother, My Mother

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Title

Enigma of My Desire, or My Mother, My Mother, My Mother

Subject

Abstract image; Painting--Spain--20th C. A.D.

Description

Like most of Dalí's paintings, locales from real life feature in The Enigma of Desire, particularly Cape Creus near Cadaqués, the birthplace of Dalí's father and a place he loved "with fanatical loyalty". The mostly barren blue and brown background, typical of Dalí's paintings, draws attention to the central large shape in the middle. The shape arises from a rock shaped like a sleeping human. The large shape is shown to be protruding from the sleeping shape on the ground.

Creator

Dalí, Salvador

Source

Material: Oil on canvas
Measurements: 110 x 150 cm

Date

1929

Contributor

Neville, Ben

Rights

© 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid.

Relation

https://library-artstor-org.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/#/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000798619

Format

Image/JPEG

Type

Still Image

Identifier

spain_dali_1929_2

Collection

Iberian Peninsula

Tags

canvas paintings, oil paintings, Salvador Dali, spain

Citation

Dalí, Salvador, “Enigma of My Desire, or My Mother, My Mother, My Mother,” The Latin American Surrealist Digital Library, accessed June 7, 2025, https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp21/group4/items/show/20.

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