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Facts about The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dalí
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Surrealism's most recognizable icon, The Persistence of Memory was completed in just a few hours while Dalí's partner Gala was out at the cinema.
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In the painting, a distorted fleshy figure draped over a surface is widely interpreted as a self-portrait of Dalí's own face in a dreamlike state.
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The landscape in The Persistence of Memory depicts the rocky coastline of Cap de Creus in Catalonia, a location that frequently appeared in Dalí's work.
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Dalí claimed the melting watches in The Persistence of Memory were inspired by a surrealist vision of a piece of melting Camembert cheese.
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Painted in 1931, The Persistence of Memory is a small oil on canvas measuring approximately 24 by 33 centimeters, now housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.