The Great Masturbator

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The Great Masturbator is a 1929 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a distorted, dreamlike self-portrait exploring themes of sexuality, anxiety, and desire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
surrealist painting
artForm oil painting
artist Salvador Dalí
author Salvador Dalí
collection Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía collection
copyrightStatus copyrighted
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Salvador Dalí
depicts anxiety
desire
distorted self-portrait of Salvador Dalí
dreamlike landscape
female figure
grasshopper
rock-like head form
sexual imagery
describedBySource art historical literature on Salvador Dalí
genre Surrealism
hasPart elongated female figure
insect motif
profile of Dalí-like head
rocky coastal landscape
hasQuality anxious
dreamlike
erotic
symbolic
inception 1929
influencedBy Freudian psychoanalysis
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Madrid
locatedInTheCountry Spain
location Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
mainSubject anxiety
desire
dreams
sexuality
unconscious mind
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
movement Surrealism
notableWorkOf Salvador Dalí
originalTitle El gran masturbador
partOf Salvador Dalí’s early surrealist period
titleLanguage Spanish
useOfColor contrasting bright accents
earth tones


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