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Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire is an oil painting by Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, from 1940. The painting depicts a slave market, while a woman at a booth watches the people. A variety of people, dressed in a 17th century fashion, seem to make up the face of Voltaire, while the face seems to be positioned on an object to form a bust of Voltaire. Voltaire was a French rationalist writer and philosopher known for his opposition to slavery.
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| Artist | Salvador Dalí |
| Year | 1940 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 47 cm × 66 cm (18+1⁄2 in × 26 in) |
| Location | Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida |
The painting was completed in 1940. Dalí describes his work on the painting "to make the abnormal look normal and the normal look abnormal."[1] He used the technique of the "double mage", where one form contains two or more images. In the painting, two women dressed in 17-century costumes form the face of Jean-Antoine Houdon's bust of Voltaire.[2]
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editReferences
edit- ^ Beech, Martin (Oct 27, 2011). The Physics of Invisibility: A Story of Light and Deception. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 24. ISBN 9781461406150.
- ^ Moorhouse, Paul (2001). Dali (Reprinted 2004 ed.). London: PRC Publishing Limited. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-85648-674-3. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
Further reading
edit- Costandi, Mo. "The Ghostly Gaze and the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire". The Guardian (U.S. Edition). Monday 19 September 2011 10.48 EDT.
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