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13.22: Dali, The Persistence of Memory

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    Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory.

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    Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931 (The Museum of Modern Art).

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    • Dali, The Persistence of Memory. Authored by: Sal Khan and Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/surrealism1/v/salvador-dal-the-persistence-of-memory-1931. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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