# MoMA acquires The Persistence of Memory as a public New York collection object

Date: 1934

## The fact

In 1934 the Museum of Modern Art acquired The Persistence of Memory.

It is one event.

## Context

A museum can crown a brand and can teach. Split commercial licensing.

[Salvador Dalí](/people/salvador-dali)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

MoMA’s 1934 acquisition made the 1931 oil a public teaching object. Dalí painted; the museum hung. Complex later access.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

MoMA’s object page and artist page independently present the 1934 public holding.

Official or archival record: MoMA — Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018; Museum of Modern Art).

## Significance

A permanent modern-art hanging increased copyable visual education.

A New York wall is not [Figueres](/people/christiana-figueres) 1974.

A permanent modern-art hanging increased copyable visual education.

## What is established and what is not

Established: MoMA public Persistence of Memory from 1934. Not established: that 1934 cancelled 1948 return.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Salvador Dalí.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Salvador Dalí: https://factrail.ai/people/salvador-dali

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018
- https://www.moma.org/artists/1394

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-moma-1934