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The Weaning of Furniture-Nutrition
(1934)
oil on panel
7 x 9 1/2 inches
Netmending was an important task in
the Catalan fishing villages of Dali's youth, and he
associates that importance with Lucia. The hole cut
from her back is a Paranoid Critical Transformation
whose original inspiration came from Dali's visit to Paris
in 1928. There he visited the Hotel of the Invalids, which
sported windows made from mannequins with holes cut
into their mid-riffs. He transforms them into the seated
Lucia here, who is also shown being propped up by a
crutch, here a symbol of solemnity, a wish by Dali to
support her as she grows older.
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