Surrealist Composition with Invisible Figures
Title
Surrealist Composition with Invisible Figures
Description
Like most other items in this collection, Dali's painting deals with the idea of identity and body. Dali leaves out bodies completely from this composition, which forces us to look at what makes identity that surrounds us. This can be directly related to the idea presented in Woolf's Orlando, since the argument can be made that Orlando's gender is simply a product of the environment surrounding her at the time. While she is male, the environment made her so, and while she is female, the environment also made her so.
Creator
Salvador Dali
Source
Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation
Publisher
Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation
Date
1936
Format
Oil on cardboard
Type
painting
Original Format
oil on cardboard
Physical Dimensions
60.9 x 45.8 cm
Collection
Citation
Salvador Dali, “Surrealist Composition with Invisible Figures,” Surrealism in 20th Century Britain, accessed February 17, 2025, https://atimeline.omeka.net/items/show/18.