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Oeufs sur le Plat sans le Plat
(1932)
Oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
Suspended on a string, in the center of the work is a
single egg yolk, which Dali said represented himself in
the womb. Below that, the two eggs on the plate were
painted with a shimmering yolk. These represented the
piercing gaze of Gala Dali, whom Dali had met in 1929.
At the time, she had been the darling of the Surrealist
movement, not to mention the wife of Paul Eluard, the
French poet. It was said that her gaze could pierce
through walls, and Dali is paying her homage here.
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