# Dalí paints The Persistence of Memory (1931), later a public Surrealist teaching canvas

Date: 1931

## The fact

In 1931 [Dalí](/people/salvador-dali) painted The Persistence of Memory.

It is one event.

## Context

A soft watch can be a school poster and a luxury brand. Split 1968 ads.

Salvador Dalí’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.

The 1931 oil is his. Later MoMA hanging (1934 acquisition) made it a shared visual vocabulary. He did not found MoMA.
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 Smarthistory independently date the 1931 canvas.

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

## Significance

A later globally taught canvas is a shared visual-cohesion object with museum lag.

1931 is not 1934 MoMA.

A later globally taught canvas is a shared visual-cohesion object with museum lag.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1931 Persistence of Memory as a Dalí oil. Not established: that 1931 already had 1934 ticket counts.

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

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://smarthistory.org/salvador-dali-the-persistence-of-memory/
- https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-persistence-1931