Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
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Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) is a 1936 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a grotesque, self-destructive figure as an allegory of the horrors and internal conflict of the Spanish Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) Context triple: [Salvador Dalí, notableWork, Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]
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A.
The War You Don't See
The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
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B.
Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
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C.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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D.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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E.
Cautious Clay
Cautious Clay is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his genre-blending R&B, indie, and electronic music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) Target entity description: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) is a 1936 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a grotesque, self-destructive figure as an allegory of the horrors and internal conflict of the Spanish Civil War.
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A.
The War You Don't See
The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
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B.
Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
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C.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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D.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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E.
Cautious Clay
Cautious Clay is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his genre-blending R&B, indie, and electronic music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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surrealist painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
European avant-garde
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interwar period ⓘ |
| collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
browns
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earth tones ⓘ muted yellows ⓘ |
| countryOfExhibition |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| depictionType | figurative abstraction ⓘ |
| depicts |
allegory of the Spanish Civil War
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grotesque self-destructive figure ⓘ horrors of war ⓘ internal conflict ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical painting ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
evokes psychological tension
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evokes sense of dismemberment ⓘ evokes sense of violence ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barren landscape
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boiled beans ⓘ cloudy sky ⓘ contorted limbs ⓘ dismembered body ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
political allegory in Surrealism
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use of food imagery as symbolism ⓘ violent contortions of a single body ⓘ |
| partOf | Salvador Dalí oeuvre ⓘ |
| significantWorkOf | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| style |
dreamlike composition
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hyperrealistic detail ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
civil conflict
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human suffering ⓘ political violence ⓘ premonition of war ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| title | Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) Description of subject: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) is a 1936 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a grotesque, self-destructive figure as an allegory of the horrors and internal conflict of the Spanish Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
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Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
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