The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table

The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table

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title=The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table
artist=Salvador Dalí
year=1934
type=Oil on panel
height=24
width=18
height_inch=9.45
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city=St. Petersburg, Florida
museum=Salvador Dalí Museum

"The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table" (1934) is a painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The title refers to the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.

In this image Vermeer is represented as a dark spindly figure in a kneeling position. The figure’s outstretched leg serves as a table top surface, on which sits a bottle and a small glass. This leg tapers to a baluster-like stub, however there is a shoe nearby. One wrist of the Vermeer figure rests on a crutch-like support. Images of anthropomorphic furniture as well as crutch-like objects are common in this period of Dalí’s career.

Dalí painted the piece in oil on panel and it measures 24 x 18 cm. It is currently on display at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida on loan from the E. and A. Reynolds Morse collection.


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