inventions of the monsters Salvador Dalí Inventions of the Monsters Unmatted Print – The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop

inventions of the monsters Salvador Dalí Inventions of the Monsters Unmatted Print – The Art Institute of Chicago Museum ShopUnmatted print developed from Salvador Dals Inventions of the Monsters, 1937, from The Art Institute of Chicagos collection. Salvador Dal, Fundaci Gala Salvador Dal Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2022. Inventions of the Monsters has an ominous mood. It is rife with threats of danger, from the menacing fire in the distance to the sibylline figure in the foreground with an hourglass and a butterfly, both symbols of the inevitability of death.

Unmatted print developed from Salvador Dalí’s Inventions of the Monsters, 1937, from The Art Institute of Chicago’s collection. © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala- Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2022.

Inventions of the Monsters has an ominous mood. It is rife with threats of danger, from the menacing fire in the distance to the sibylline figure in the foreground with an hourglass and a butterfly, both symbols of the inevitability of death. Next to this figure sit Dalí and his wife and muse, Gala. With his native Catalonia embroiled in the Spanish Civil War, the artist surely felt great anxiety over a world without a safe haven, a world that indeed had allowed for the invention of monsters.

• Print Reproduction
• Image size:  7.75 x 12 in.
• Full poster size:  11 x 14 in.
• Material: Premium Cardstock