Salvador Dalí The Persistence of Memory 1931
- MoMA, Floor 5, 517 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm)
- Credit
- Given anonymously
- Object number
- 162.1934
- Copyright
- © 2024 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Salvador Dalí has 116 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
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Salvador Dalí
Nov 19, 1941–Jan 11, 1942
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Modern Art in Your Life
Oct 5–Dec 4, 1949
1 other work identified
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Nov 18–29, 1959
5 other works identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
3 other works identified
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Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage
Mar 27–Jun 9, 1968
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
1 other work identified
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Collection Highlights
May 8–10, 2002
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
16 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
7 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
8 other works identified
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To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004
12 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
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Dalí: Painting and Film
Jun 29–Sep 15, 2008
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Dalí: Painting and Film
Jun 29–Sep 15, 2008
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
5 other works identified
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
2 other works identified
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522: Responding to War
Ongoing
9 other works identified
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
2 other works identified
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517: Surrealist Objects
Ongoing
4 other works identified
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522: Responding to War
Ongoing
10 other works identified
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1931, Salvador Dalí, Paris.
1931 - ?, Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris, acquired from the artist.
By 1934, Gallery Julien Levy, New York, purchased from Pierre Colle.
1934, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from Julien Levy by an anonymous friend of the Museum as a gift.
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