Dalí was inspired to create the piece after a walk with his future wife Gala Dalí, who was at the time married to fellow surrealist Paul Éluard, with whom Dalí was having an affair. The painting purportedly represents Dalí's anxiety over the situation, and what the future would hold for him. The painting also mythologizes Dali's relationship with his father.[1]
The painted work consists primarily of seven large pebbles, each with a different symbol that Dalí believed would come to pass as a result of the affair.
The piece uses pasted-on cutouts from a children's book, whose visual style bears a striking resemblance to the aesthetic of the painting itself.[2]
accommodations, desire, 1929, surrealist, painting, mixed, media, collage, board, spanish, artist, salvador, dalí, metropolitan, museum, york, city, artistsalvador, dalí, year1929mediumcollagedimensions22, locationmetropolitan, museum, artaccession, 1999, iden. The Accommodations of Desire is a 1929 surrealist oil painting and mixed media collage on board by Spanish artist Salvador Dali It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City The Accommodations of DesireArtistSalvador Dali Year1929MediumCollageDimensions22 2 cm 8 7 in 34 9 cm 13 7 in LocationMetropolitan Museum of ArtAccession No 1999 363 16 IdentifiersThe Met object ID 490036 edit on Wikidata Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editDali was inspired to create the piece after a walk with his future wife Gala Dali who was at the time married to fellow surrealist Paul Eluard with whom Dali was having an affair The painting purportedly represents Dali s anxiety over the situation and what the future would hold for him The painting also mythologizes Dali s relationship with his father 1 The painted work consists primarily of seven large pebbles each with a different symbol that Dali believed would come to pass as a result of the affair The piece uses pasted on cutouts from a children s book whose visual style bears a striking resemblance to the aesthetic of the painting itself 2 See also editList of works by Salvador DaliReferences edit Edwards Steve Wood Paul 2004 Art of the Avant gardes Yale University Press ISBN 0300102305 The Accommodations of Desire www metmuseum org Retrieved 2020 06 15 External links edit Salvador Dali The Accommodations of Desire 1999 363 16 Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History metmuseum org Surrealism Movement Artists and Major Works The Art Story nbsp This article about a twentieth century painting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Accommodations of Desire amp oldid 1218725809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
