variety of double images. His same kind of phenomena. It appears empty now; the pear that was in the bowl is now a part of the mountain in the horizon in the background. Again, this work proves how powerful the hallucinatory force is. Dali’s paranoiac-critical method proves to be very effective but it also proves to be what ultimately led him away from Surrealism and into his new form of classic art. The third and final painting I will touch upon is Old Age, Adolescence, Infancy (The Three Ages). This work was completed around the same time (the early 1940’s) as The Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire. This painting as well is a primary example of Dali’s shift away from Surrealism. There are the three ages depicted, old age on the left, adolescence in the center and infancy on the right. Again the hospital in Figueres because of respiratory complications and heart failure (Etherington-Smith). ...
