{"id":42,"date":"2025-04-17T12:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/?p=42"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:04:56","slug":"galas-godly-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/2025\/04\/galas-godly-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Gala&#8217;s Godly Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Salvador Dali<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spanish, 1904-1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Gala&#8217;s Godly Back, <\/em><\/strong><strong>1974<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drypoint etching with aquatint on paper, 15 3\/4 x 12 inches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gift of John Y. Taggart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1980.11.2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-1078x1536.jpg 1078w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-1437x2048.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.11.2-1-scaled.jpg 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salvador Dal\u00ed was a gifted artist whose talents were recognized at age fifteen when he was awarded his first exhibition. He experimented with many different forms of expression throughout his career, but is best remembered for his Surrealist paintings of the 1930s and 1940s. He was introduced to the writings of Sigmund Freud, Andr\u00e9 Breton, Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca, and the films of Luis Bu\u00f1uel, all of whom had profound impact on his artistic outlook. This particular composition was inspired by a view of his wife, Gala, seen from a window as she sat on a beach in Cadaqu\u00e9s. &#8220;&#8230;a back sublime, athletic and fragile, terse and tender, feminine and wiry.&#8221; Dali goes as far as saying that Gala almost magically transformed his visions into a classical order, that she enabled him to draw a line between dream and reality that resulted in a sense of objectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Salvador Dali Spanish, 1904-1989 Gala&#8217;s Godly Back, 1974 Drypoint etching with aquatint on paper, 15 3\/4 x 12 inches Gift of John Y. 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