The Persistence of Memory

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painting surrealist painting

The Persistence of Memory is a famous 1931 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí, renowned for its dreamlike landscape featuring melting clocks that symbolize the fluidity of time.

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La persistencia de la memoria 1
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
surrealist painting ⓘ
artForm oil on canvas ⓘ
collection Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
colorPalette blue sky ⓘ
earth tones ⓘ
copyrightStatus under copyright in many jurisdictions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator Salvador Dalí ⓘ
creatorBirthCountry Spain ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Figueres ⓘ
creatorNationality Spanish ⓘ
depicts ants ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
distorted face-like form ⓘ
horizon ⓘ
melting clocks ⓘ
pocket watches ⓘ
rocky cliff ⓘ
sea ⓘ
tree branch ⓘ
describedAs dreamlike ⓘ
iconic ⓘ
symbolic representation of time ⓘ
genre Surrealism ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn popular culture ⓘ
surrealist imagery in media ⓘ
hasPart hard surfaces ⓘ
insects ⓘ
organic form ⓘ
soft watches ⓘ
inception 1931 ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
location Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
mainSubject melting clocks ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Surrealism ⓘ
movementSymbolized fluidity of time ⓘ
notableWorkOf Salvador Dalí ⓘ
originalLanguage N/A ⓘ
owner Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
partOf 20th-century art ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
significantEvent acquired by Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ
title The Persistence of Memory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La persistencia de la memoria

The Persistence of Memory self-link ⓘ

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Marquess of Dalí de Púbol → granteeNotableWork → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
Surrealism → hasNotableWork → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage → notableEpisode → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
paranoiac-critical method → notableExampleIn → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
Salvador Dalí → notableWork → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
Salvador Dalí → notableWork → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory
Salvador → notableWork → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
subject surface form: Salvador Dalí
Museum of Modern Art → notableWorkInCollection → The Persistence of Memory ⓘ
The Persistence of Memory → title → The Persistence of Memory self-link ⓘ
The Persistence of Memory → title → The Persistence of Memory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La persistencia de la memoria