In this poem and this painting, there is death and fossilization of Narcissus. Pedagogical presentation of the myth of narcissism, illustrated by a poem written at the same time. The artist said to Descharnes of this picture:Ī painting shown and explained to Dr. Robert Descharnes noted that this painting meant a great deal to Dalí, as it was the first Surrealist work to offer a consistent interpretation of an irrational subject. This was Dalí's first painting to be made entirely in accordance with the paranoiac critical method, which the artist described as a 'Spontaneous method of irrational knowledge, based on the critical-interpretative association of the phenomena of delirium' ( The Conquest of the Irrational, published in The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, New York 1942). The play with 'double images' sprang from Dalí's fascination with hallucination and delusion. Narcissus as he was before his transformation is seen posing in the background. For this picture Dalí used a meticulous technique which he described as 'hand-painted colour photography' to depict with hallucinatory effect the transformation of Narcissus, kneeling in the pool, into the hand holding the egg and flower. Relenting, the gods immortalised him as the narcissus (daffodil) flower. He fell in love with it, but discovered he could not embrace it and died of frustration. The gods punished him by letting him see his own reflection in a pool. Narcissus was a youth of great beauty who loved only himself and broke the hearts of many lovers. This painting is Dalí's interpretation of the Greek myth of Narcissus.
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