Salvador Dali Museum

Apparatus and Hand



Old Age, Adolescence, Infancy (The Three Ages)



Opened on March 10, 1982, the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, features the world's largest collection of Salvador Dali's original work, including 94 oils, 200 watercolors and drawings, and 1,000 graphics, sculptures, and objets d'art. Dali was a surrealistic painter that loved to play with images, including many paintings that could be viewed in two ways. One of the most famous examples of such play was his painting, Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire:



Another famous double take was recently acquired by the museum. The title: Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea Which at Twenty Meters Becomes A Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Gala was Dali's wife.



Address: Salvador Dali Museum, 1000 3rd Street South, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701-4901; 727-823-3767; 800-442-3254; Fax: 727-894-6068. Email: info@salvadordalimuseum.org. Web: http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org.