Untitled (Dream of Venus) formerly Visions of Eternity

Untitled (Dream of Venus) formerly Visions of Eternity

Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904–1989

1939

On view — Gallery 396 at the Art Institute of Chicago.

This painting originally comprised the left-most portion of a much larger mural featured in the popular and salacious Dream of Venus pavilion, which Dalí created for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Incorporating the artist’s major iconography of the decade, including a melting clock and a burning…

Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
207 × 117.5 cm (81 1/2 × 46 1/4 in.)
Origin
Spain

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