Jonathan Boos
Example of Dali's use of double or simultaneous images. Figure of a ballerina and a skull morphed into one.

Salvador Dalí

Spanish, 1904-1989

Ballerine en tête de mort, 1939

Oil on canvas

9 ⅝ x 7 ¾ inches

Signed and dated ‘Dali 1932’ upper centre


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Example of Dali's use of double or simultaneous images. Figure of a ballerina and a skull morphed into one.
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