| Apparatus and Hand | |
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| Artist | Salvador Dalí |
| Year | 1927 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Location | Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Dimensions | 24 in × 18.7 in |
| 62 cm × 47.5 cm | |
| Famous Paintings by Salvador Dalí | |
| The Persistence of Memory, 1931 | |
| The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, 1952-1954 | |
| The Face of War, 1940 | |
| The Ecumenical Council, 1960 | |
| Landscape Near Figueras, 1910 | |
| Christ of Saint John of the Cross, 1951 | |
| Lobster Telephone, 1936 | |
| Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937 | |
| Apparatus and Hand, 1927 | |
| The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, 1959 | |
| Morphological Echo, 1934-36 | |
| The First Days of Spring, 1929 |
The painting Apparatus and Hand was painted by Salvador Dalí in the year 1927. This is an oil on panel which is a clear example of the Surrealistic style, for which Dalí was very famous for. This is basically a depiction of a geometric shape made of triangles and cones, out of which one can see a red hand coming out from the top part. Around this shape one can see a number of nude women and torsos on a light blue background. On the left one can see a donkey on its hind legs with several flies on him. This is regarded as an indication that ultimately even the apparatus is bound to degrade and decompose in time, just like any other creature.
Artistic Techniques
The hand that comes out from the shape is essentially an indication of Onanism. The female figures represent erotic thoughts from the apparatus. This was all inspired by the Freudian period of that time.