The Persistence of Memory is a 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí and one of the most recognizable works of Surrealism. First shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932, since 1934 the painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which received it from an anonymous donor.
Salvador Dalí The Persistence of Memory 1931. Hard objects become inexplicably limp in this bleak and infinite dreamscape, while metal attracts ants like rotting flesh.