Īt one end of the rock, a head appears in profile with a huge closed eyelid that appears constantly in other surrealist paintings by Dalí such as The Great Masturbator and The Persistence of Memory.
The lion also appears in other Dalí paintings such as The Great Masturbator, always announcing an erotic message and libido. This painting, through symbols, not only refers to her mother but also to Gala through the lion with open jaws that appears in the upper right corner of the painting. In many of the openings is written the word " ma mère " ("my mother" in French ). In the center is a huge yellow wing-shaped rock with two large holes and numerous small cavities. The painting shows an extensive desert landscape that resembles the great plain of Ampurdán, the place of the house where Dalí spent his childhood in Figueras. In the box is written the phrase: " Sometimes I spit for pleasure on the portrait of my mother ", which scandalized his father so much that he threw him out of the house.ĭalí made a pen drawing as a preparatory study for the work that was bought together with the Gloomy Game by Viscount de Noailles in the painter's first exhibition at the Goemans gallery. In the Sacred Heart, another of his from 1929, the painter also makes reference to his mother. This painting was one of the few tributes that Dalí dedicated to his mother, whom he never painted in a painting. It was painted in Figueras, after the summer, in Dalí's aunt's tailoring workshop, which was used as a studio by the artist. Schlag Collection is kept in Munich in the Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst.
It is made using the technique of oil on canvas, it is in a surrealist style and its measurements are 110 x 150 cm. The Enigma of Desire is a famous painting by the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí made in 1929.
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