The Lugubrious Game

The Lugubrious Game

Infobox Painting


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title=The Lugubrious Game
artist=Salvador Dalí
year=1929
type=oil and collage on cardboard
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width=30.3
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The Lugubrious Game (or The Mournful Game) is a part oil painting and part collage on cardboard artwork created by Salvador Dali in 1929. It displays references to feces, sexual desire, castration and alludes to the “safety” of masturbationFact|date=March 2008. The name was given to the piece by poet, Paul Éluard.

History

In 1929, several Surrealists including Paul Éluard and his wife Gala were visiting Dali at his home in Spain. Upon seeing the Surrealist style painting, they were intrigued by it which led to Dali‘s becoming an official member of the movement.


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