Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire, 1940 – (Salvador Dali) Previous Next


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Style: Surrealism

Topic: Characters Markets Markets

Technique: Oil

Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire (1940) is a painting by Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí. The painting depicts a slave market, while a woman at a booth watches some people. A variety of people seem to make up the face of Voltaire, while the face seems to be positioned on an object to form a bust. The painting was completed in 1940. Dalí describes his work on the painting "to make the abnormal look normal and the normal look abnormal."

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